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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1480
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 8/13/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 14-0, 8/14/14
AYES: Leno, Nielsen, Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block,
Corbett, Jackson, Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Roth, Torres, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hancock, Morrell
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2014: Education Trailer Bill
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides for statutory changes necessary to
enact education-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2014.
ANALYSIS : This bill 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:
1. Clarifies 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%.
This amendment aligns the deficit factor to the amount of
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funding appropriated in SB 852 (Committee on Budget and
Fiscal Review, Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014).
2. Clarifies that the increase to maximum reserve fund balances
established by SB 858 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review,
Chapter 32, Statutes of 2014) applies only to agencies
contracting with the Department of Education under the
California state preschool program. Further, specifies that
the additional 10% that these agencies may separately retain
for use on professional development is part of an overall 15%
reserve.
3. Specifies that funds provided through the Child Care
Facilities Revolving Fund for specified renovation, repair,
or improvement of existing buildings are to be provided as
loans, and that those loans must be repaid within 10 years.
4. Clarifies 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, clarifies that the specified
education or experience requirements apply to credentialed
teachers.
5. Specifies 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,
establishes 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. Specifies that if more than 10% 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,
clarifies 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 Section 3543.2.
7. Specifies that a Regional Occupational Center or Program
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operated by a Joint Powers Authority may be a grant recipient
under the Career Pathways Trust grant program.
8. Specifies 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 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. Allows the UC to provide public notice of construction
projects to bidders electronically on the Internet Web site
of the university. This change is consistent with authority
granted to the CSU in SB 860.
10.Specifies 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.Expresses 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
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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.Specifies 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 existing law.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee,
funds appropriated in this bill will 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).
JA:nl 8/14/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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