AB 1902, as amended, Bonta. California State Preschool Program: part-day preschool: fees.
Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, is enacted for, among other purposes, the purpose of providing a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law requires those programs to include, but not be limited to, part-day age and developmentally appropriate programs designed to facilitate the transition to kindergarten for three- and four-year-old children in educational development, health services, social services, nutritional services, parent education and parent participation, evaluation, and staff development.
Existing law requires fees to be assessed and collected for families with children in a part-day preschool program and requires the Superintendent to establish a fee schedule for families using preschool and child care and development services pursuant to the act.
This bill would eliminate the requirement for families to be assessed these fees for part-day preschool and for the Superintendent to establish a fee schedule for families using the part-day preschool program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 8239 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
The Superintendent shall encourage state preschool
4program applicants or contracting agencies to offer full-day
5services through a combination of part-day preschool slots and
6wraparound general child care and development programs. In order
7to facilitate a full day of services, all of the following shall apply:
8(a) Part-day preschool programs provided pursuant to this
9section shall operate between 175 and 180 days.
10(b) Wraparound general child care and development programs
11provided pursuant to this section may operate a minimum of 246
12days per year unless the child development contract specified a
13lower minimum days of operation. Part-day general child care and
14development programs may operate a full day for the remainder
15of
the year after the completion of the preschool program.
16(c) Part-day preschool services combined with wraparound child
17care services shall be reimbursed at no more than the full-day
18standard reimbursement rate for general child care programs with
19adjustment factors, pursuant to Section 8265 and as determined in
20the annual Budget Act.
21(d) Three- and four-year-old children are eligible for wraparound
22child care services to supplement the part-day California state
23preschool program if the family meets at least one of the criteria
24specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8263, and
25the parents meet at least one of the criteria specified in paragraph
26(2) of subdivision (a) of Section 8263.
27(e) Fees shall be assessed and collected for families receiving
28wraparound child care services, pursuant to Article
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29(commencing with Section 8273).
P3 1(f) The Superintendent shallbegin delete annually reportend deletebegin insert report annuallyend insert to
2the Department of Finance, on or before October 1 of each year,
3the fees collected from families who have children enrolled in the
4California state preschool program.
5(g) For purposes of this section, “wraparound child care
6services” and “wraparound general child care and development
7programs” mean services provided for the remaining portion of
8the day or remainder of the year following the completion of
9part-day preschool services that are necessary to meet the child
10care needs of parents eligible pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
118263. These services shall be provided consistent with
the general
12child care and development programs provided pursuant to Article
138 (commencing with Section 8240).
Section 8273 of the Education Code is amended to
15read:
(a) The Superintendent shall establish a fee schedule
17for families using preschool and child care and development
18services pursuant to this chapter, including families receiving
19services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section
208263. It is the intent of the Legislature that the new fee schedule
21shall be simple and easy to implement.
22(b) The family fee schedule shall retain a flat monthly fee per
23family. The schedule shall differentiate between fees for part-time
24care and full-time care.
25(c) Using the most recently approved family fee schedule
26pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 8447, families shall be
27assessed a flat monthly fee based on income, certified family need
28for full-time or
part-time care services, and enrollment, and shall
29not be based on actual attendance. A recalculation of a family fee
30shall not occur if attendance varies from enrollment unless a change
31in need for care is assessed.
32(d) The Superintendent shall design the new family fee schedule
33based on the state median income data that was in use for the
342007−08 fiscal year, adjusted for family size. The revised family
35fee schedule shall begin at income levels at which families
36currently begin paying fees. The revised fees shall not exceed 10
37percent of the family’s monthly income. The Superintendent shall
38first submit the adjusted fee schedule to the Department of Finance
39for approval.
P4 1(e) The income of a recipient of federal supplemental security
2income benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the federal Social Security
3Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1381 et seq.) and state supplemental program
4benefits
pursuant to Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act
5(42 U.S.C. Sec. 1381 et seq.) and Chapter 3 (commencing with
6Section 12000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
7Institutions Code shall not be included in total countable income
8for purposes of determining the amount of the family fee.
9(f) Family fees shall be assessed at initial enrollment and
10reassessed at update of certification or recertification.
11(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the new family fees
12shall be cost neutral to the state and generate roughly the same
13amount of revenue as was generated under the previous family fee
14schedule.
15(h) The authority provided to the Superintendent to establish a
16fee schedule pursuant to this section shall not apply to the part-day
17preschool program provided pursuant to Section
8239.
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