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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1123
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: 5/27/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 5-1, 4/9/14
AYES: Liu, Block, Galgiani, Hancock, Monning
NOES: Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland, Correa, Hueso
SENATE HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE : 3-1, 4/22/14
AYES: Liu, DeSaulnier, Hancock
NOES: Berryhill
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-2, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NOES: Walters, Gaines
SUBJECT : Childcare
SOURCE : Early Edge California
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
DIGEST : This bill modifies Title 5 general child care and
development programs serving children from birth to age three to
require, among other things, providers to have at least one
teacher in each classroom that holds a child development teacher
permit by July 1, 2019.
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ANALYSIS :
Teacher qualifications
Existing requirements for a child development teacher permit
(for State Preschool, and general child care and development)
include 24 units in early childhood education or child
development, 16 units in general education, and 175 hours of
experience in an instructional capacity in a child care and
development program. The child development teacher permit is
issued for five years and is renewable for successive five-year
periods upon completion of 105 hours of professional growth.
Existing requirements for a child development associate teacher
permit, which authorizes the holder to provide instruction,
include 12 units in early childhood education or child
development, and 50 days of experience in an instructional
capacity in a child care and development program. The child
development associate teacher permit is issued for five years
and is renewable once, for a total of two issuances. To renew,
the holder must complete at least 15 semester units toward the
child development teacher permit. By the end of the ten year
period, the holder must meet the requirements for the child
development teacher permit.
http://ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl797.pdf
Staff ratios
Existing law establishes the following staffing ratios for
center-based programs:
1. Infants, birth to two years old - 3:1 child-to-adult ratio,
and 18:1 child-to-teacher ratio.
2. Infants and toddlers, birth to two years old - 4:1
child-to-adult ratio, and 16:1 child-to-teacher ratio.
3. Children three to six years old - 8:1 child-to-adult ratio,
and 24:1 child-to-teacher ratio.
4. Children six to 10 years old - 14:1 child-to-adult ratio, and
28:1 child-to-teacher ratio.
5. Children 10 to 13 years old - 18:1 child-to-adult ratio, and
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36:1 child-to-teacher ratio.
Full-day
Existing law provides that three- and four-year olds are
eligible for wraparound child care services to supplement
part-day State Preschool if the family is eligible for State
Preschool and the parents need care for at least one of the
following reasons:
1. The child is a recipient of protective services, or at risk.
2. The parents are engaged in vocational training, as specified,
employed or seeking employment, seeking permanent housing, or
are incapacitated.
This bill:
1. Modifies Title 5 general child care and development programs
serving children from birth to age three to require, among
other things, providers to have at least one teacher in each
classroom that holds a child development teacher permit by
July 1, 2019.
2. Provides that general child care services for infants and
toddlers is to be known as California Strong Start services,
and requires services for children from birth to age three to
include but not be limited to: (a) parent engagement and
support services that promote positive parent-child
relationships; (b) full-day early learning and care services;
(c) part-day early learning and care services; (d) voluntary
home visitation services; (e) nutrition services; and (f)
referrals to services such as health and dental care, child
abuse prevention, housing, and early childhood mental health.
3. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to
develop standards, rules, and regulations for the
implementation of high-quality, evidence-based infant-toddler
services, based on but not limited to the federal Early Head
Start model, as specified.
4. Requires, by July 1, 2019, child care and development
providers to have at least one teacher in each classroom that
holds at a minimum a child development teacher permit issued
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by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC).
5. Requires the CTC, by July 1, 2017, to review and amend the
Child Development Permit Matrix to include specified
requirements.
6. Adds an eligibility threshold for State Preschool, and
general child care and development, in addition to the
existing threshold of having an income at or below 70% of the
state median income (adjusted for family size), to provide
eligibility for four-year olds enrolled in transitional
kindergarten (TK) who are eligible for free and reduced-price
lunch, CalFresh benefits, or Medi-Cal.
7. Requires a family engagement supplemental grant to be
available to qualifying service providers, as determined by
the SPI, at a rate of $1,000 per eligible child.
8. Requires a voluntary home visitation supplemental grant to be
available to qualifying service providers, as determined by
the SPI. This bill establishes a rate of $2,500 per child
for those who receive full-day early learning and care
services, and a rate of $6,000 per child for those who
receive part-day early learning and care services.
9. Authorizes a countywide or regional consortium of providers,
with a lead grantee agency that is a First 5 commission,
county office of education, or other local public agency, to
apply to the SPI for a countywide or regional grant for the
total amount of eligible children, as specified.
10.Requires the SPI to distribute family engagement and
voluntary home visitation supplemental grants to provide
evidence-based parent training services, and evidence-based
voluntary home visitation services, as specified.
11.Increases adjustment factors as follows: (a) infants, from
1.7 to 2.3; (b) toddlers, from 1.4 to 1.8; and (c) infants
and toddlers in an FCCH, from 1.4 to 1.8.
12.Eliminates the family fee for part-day preschool programs.
13.Modifies priority for State Preschool relative to four-year
olds to specify that priority is for four-year olds who are
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not enrolled in TK, and deletes the requirement that State
Preschool programs operating with carryover funds have at
least half of their enrollment be children who are four-years
old, as specified.
14.Sunsets existing staff ratios on July 1, 2019, and as of that
date establish new minimum ratios and group sizes, as
specified. This bill exempts FCCH education networks from
these ratios.
15.Deems a child who is enrolled in a state or federally funded
child care and development program as being eligible for the
remainder of the program year.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Standards, rules, and regulations: $250,000 - $400,000
(General Fund) for the CDE to develop standards and promulgate
regulations for the new child care program requirements under
the California Strong Start Program, categorical eligibility,
phase-in implementation of staffing ratios, continuity of care
provisions, and caregiver guidance. Costs will partially
depend on how controversial and lengthy the regulations
process is. The CDE will likely also need to provide
increased technical assistance, at least during the initial
years of transition.
Child development program changes: Approximately $10 million
in annual costs to increase the adjustment factor, as required
in this bill.
Staffing ratios: Increased annual costs in the millions of
dollars, depending on child care staff salaries/wages.
12-month eligibility: Changing from a system of frequent
reporting-based eligibility determinations to a12-month
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eligibility will likely increase CalWORKs Stage 2 and Stage 3
costs by $11 million - $12 million, due to decreased
attrition. State and local administrative workload will also
be reduced.
Home visitation supplemental grants: Subject to a Budget
appropriation, annual grant costs will likely be in the tens
of millions of dollars, depending on the individual grant
amount. $100,000 in one-time costs to the CDE to establish the
program.
Parent engagement supplemental grants: Subject to a Budget
appropriation, annual grant costs will likely be in the
millions of dollars, depending on the individual grant amount.
$100,000 in one-time costs to the CDE, and $50,000 in ongoing
annual costs for program administration.
Fee elimination: Approximately $3 million in annual revenue
loss from the elimination of fees. Potentially substantial
additional child care costs to the extent that fee elimination
leads to increased enrollment.
CTC: Likely minor costs to the CTC to review and amend the
Child Development Permit Matrix, as specified.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/27/14)
Early Edge California (co-source)
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (co-source)
PQ:d 5/27/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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