AB 2125, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Child care: standard reimbursement rate: adjustment.
Existing law establishes a system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and provides certain requirements for the payment by the state for these child care and development services. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to implement a plan that establishes reasonable standards and assigned reimbursement rates, as provided, and requires the standard reimbursement rate to be $3,523 per unit of average daily enrollment for a 250-day year, increased by the cost-of-living adjustment granted by the Legislature.
This bill would add an authorization to adjust that standard reimbursement rate to provide adequate compensation for education and training.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 8265 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) The Superintendent shall implement a plan that
2establishes reasonable standards and assigned reimbursement rates,
3which vary with the length of the program year and the hours of
4service.
5(1) Parent fees shall be used to pay reasonable and necessary
6costs for providing additional services.
7(2) When establishing standards and assigned reimbursement
8rates, the Superintendent shall confer with applicant agencies.
9(3) The reimbursement system, including standards and rates,
10shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
11(4) The Superintendent may establish any regulations he or she
12deems advisable concerning conditions of service and hours of
13enrollment for children in the programs.
14(b) The standard reimbursement rate shall be three thousand
15five hundred twenty-three dollars ($3,523) per unit of average
16daily enrollment for a 250-day year, increased by the cost-of-living
17adjustment granted by the Legislature beginning July 1, 1980begin insert, or
18as adjusted to provide adequate compensation for education and
19trainingend insert.
20(c) The plan shall require agencies having an assigned
21reimbursement rate above the current year standard reimbursement
22rate to reduce costs on an incremental basis to achieve the standard
23reimbursement rate.
24(d) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert The plan shall provide for adjusting reimbursement on
25a case-by-case basis, in order to maintain service levels for agencies
26currently at a rate less than the standard reimbursement rate.
27Assigned reimbursement rates shall be increased only on the basis
28of one or more of the following:
29(1)
end delete30begin insert(A)end insert Loss of program resources from other sources.
31(2)
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32begin insert(B)end insert Need of an agency to pay the same child care rates as those
33prevailing in the local community.
34(3)
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35begin insert(C)end insert Increased costs directly attributable to new or different
36regulations.
37(4)
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38begin insert(D)end insert Documented increased costs necessary to maintain the prior
39year’s level of service and ensure the continuation of threatened
40programs.
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2begin insert(2)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertChildend insert care agencies funded at the lowest rates shall be given
3first priority for increases.
4(e) The plan shall provide for expansion of child development
5programs at no more than the standard reimbursement rate for that
6fiscal year.
7(f) The Superintendent may reduce the percentage of reduction
8for a public agency
that satisfies any of the following:
9(1) Serves more than 400 children.
10(2) Has in effect a collective bargaining agreement.
11(3) Has other extenuating circumstances that apply, as
12determined by the Superintendent.
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