BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Mark Leno, Chair
Bill No: AB 1480
Author: Committee on Budget
As Amended: August 13, 2014
Consultant: Samantha Lui, Joe Stephenshaw, Jennifer
Troia
Fiscal: Yes
Hearing Date: August 14, 2014
Subject: Budget Act of 2014: Education Trailer Bill
Summary: Provides for statutory changes necessary to enact
education-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2014.
Background and Proposed Changes: AB 1480 makes statutory
changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2014-15.
These changes provide clarification or correct errors made
when the budget and related trailer bills were enacted in
June 2014. Specifically, this bill would:
1)Clarify that the regional market reimbursement rate,
which is used to reimburse child care providers who
accept vouchers, is set at the 85th percentile of the
2009 Regional Market Rate Survey, as reduced by a deficit
factor of 10.11 percent. This amendment aligns the
deficit factor to the amount of funding appropriated in
SB 852 (Committee on Budget & Fiscal Review), Chapter 25,
Statutes of 2014.
2)Clarify that the increase to maximum reserve fund
balances established by SB 858 (Committee on Budget &
Fiscal Review), Chapter 32, Statutes of 2014, applies
only to agencies contracting with the Department of
Education under the California state preschool program.
Further, specify that the additional 10 percent that
these agencies may separately retain for use on
professional development is part of an overall 15 percent
reserve.
3)Specify that funds provided through the Child Care
Facilities Revolving Fund for specified renovation,
repair, or improvement of existing buildings are to be
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provided as loans, and that those loans must be repaid
within 10 years.
4)Clarify that a permit issued by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing that may satisfy specified requirements for
transitional kindergarten teachers is a "child
development teacher permit." Further, clarify that the
specified education or experience requirements apply to
credentialed teachers.
5)Specify that $15 million of the funding provided in SB
852 shall be allocated to the Department of Education to
fund professional development stipends for teachers, to
be administered by local planning councils. Further,
establish priorities for the use of those funds,
including first priority for transitional kindergarten
teachers and second priority for teachers in the
California state preschool program.
6)Specify that if more than 10 percent of the average daily
attendance (ADA) of a local educational agency is claimed
through a new independent study option available in
2015-16, then the ADA for that entity shall be reduced by
the statewide average rate of absence, as specified.
Further, clarify that nothing in the section of law
establishing that new option shall prohibit the right to
collectively bargain any subject within the scope of
representation pursuant to Government Code � 3543.2.
7)Specify that a Regional Occupational Center or Program
operated by a Joint Powers Authority may be a grant
recipient under the Career Pathways Trust grant program.
8)Specify that if the University of California (UC) plans
to use any of its support appropriation in the annual
budget act for capital expenditures or capital outlay
projects, as defined, it must submit a report, by
September 1 of each year, describing the projects to the
committees in each house of the Legislature that consider
the state Budget, the appropriate budget subcommittees,
and the Department of Finance (DOF). Further, specifies
that the DOF must review the report and submit, by
February 1, a list of preliminarily approved capital
expenditures and capital outlay projects to the
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committees in each house of the Legislature that consider
the state Budget and the appropriate budget subcommittees
for review and response. Currently, these UC capital
expenditures and capital outlay projects are reported to
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. These changes
conform to the process for California State University
(CSU) capital projects and expenditures, which was
established in the Higher Education Omnibus Trailer Bill,
SB 860 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), Chapter
34, Statutes of 2014.
9)Allow the UC to provide public notice of construction
projects to bidders electronically on the website of the
university. This change is consistent with authority
granted to the CSU in SB 860.
10)Specify that goal frameworks developed by community
colleges and the board of governors for the California
Community Colleges (CCCs) must be guided by the statewide
goals outlined in Section 66010.91 of the Education Code
and express the intent of the Legislature that the goals
be challenging and quantifiable, address achievement gaps
for underrepresented populations, and align the
educational attainment of California's adult population
to the workforce and economic needs of the state.
11)Express the intent of the Legislature that the
appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature review specific UC and CSU performance
measures in a collaborative process that includes the
DOF, the Legislative Analyst's Office, individuals with
expertise in statewide accountability efforts, the UC,
the CSU, and, for the purposes of data integrity and
consistency, the CCCs and consider any recommendations
for modification and refinement. Further, expresses the
intent of the Legislature that any modification or
refinement of the performance measures be guided by the
legislative intent included in Section 66010.93 of the
Education Code.
12)Specify that if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the
state, reimbursement to local agencies and school
districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to
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existing law.
Fiscal Effect: Funds appropriated in this bill would
count, as applicable, toward the minimum funding
requirements for school and community college districts
imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California
Constitution (Proposition 98).
Support: Unknown.
Opposed: Unknown.
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