Bill Text: CA SB50 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Early learning and care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-01-27 - Veto sustained. [SB50 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB50-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 20, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 16, 2021 |
Introduced by Senator Limón (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta and McCarty) |
December 07, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires the Superintendent to encourage state preschool program applicants or contracting agencies to offer full-day services
through a combination of part-day preschool slots and wraparound general childcare and development programs, as prescribed.
This bill would additionally require the Superintendent to authorize state preschool program contracting agencies to offer wraparound childcare services for eligible children enrolled in transitional kindergarten or kindergarten if their families meet specified requirements.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 8203.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:8203.5.
(a) The department shall ensure that each contract entered into under this chapter to provide childcare and development services, or to facilitate the provision of those services, provides support to the public school system of this state through the delivery of appropriate educational services to the children served pursuant to the contract.SEC. 3.
Section 8235 of the Education Code is amended to read:8235.
(a) The Superintendent shall administer all California state preschool programs. Those programs shall include, but not be limited to, age and developmentally appropriate programs designed to facilitate the transition to kindergarten for children birth to five years of age, inclusive, that provide early learning and care, health services, social services, nutritional services, parent education and parent participation, evaluation, and staff development. Preschool programs for which federal reimbursement is not available shall be funded as prescribed by the Legislature in the Budget Act, and unless otherwise specified by the Legislature, shall not use federal funds made available through Title XX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1397).SEC. 4.
Section 8235.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:8235.2.
On or before July 1, 2023, the Superintendent shall develop and implement a plan to award contracts as three-year grants, with annual budget periods, based on child enrollment, using adjustment factors pursuant to Section 8265.5. The plan shall aim to do all of the following:SEC. 5.
Section 8236 of the Education Code is amended to read:8236.
(a) Each applicant or contracting agency funded pursuant to Section 8235 shall give first priority to neglected or abused children who are recipients of child protective services, or who are at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited upon written referral from a legal, medical, or social service agency. If an agency is unable to enroll a child in this first priority category, the agency shall refer the child’s parent or guardian to local resources and referral services so that services for the child can be located.SEC. 6.
Section 8236.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:8236.2.
(a) The Superintendent and the State Department of Social Services shall promote full use of childcare and development funds, and match available unused funds with identified service needs. To promote continuity of care for children and to meet community needs, the department shall allow and arrange intraagency and interagency adjustments between California state preschool contracts, general childcare contracts, family childcare home education network contracts, and migrant childcare and development contracts for the same agency or different agencies and the same funding allocation. The Superintendent and the State Department of Social Services shall establish timelines for intraagency and interagency contract fund transfers.SEC. 7.
Section 8236.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:8236.3.
(a) Commencing January 1, 2022, and notwithstanding any other law, a provider operating a state preschool program within the attendance boundary of a public school, except a charter or magnet school, where at least 80 percent of enrolled pupils are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, may enroll three- and four-year-old children without verifying or documenting income eligibility.(a)The Superintendent shall encourage state preschool program applicants or contracting agencies to offer full-day services through a combination of part-day preschool slots and wraparound general childcare and development programs. In order to facilitate a full day of services, all of the following shall apply:
(1)Part-day preschool programs provided pursuant to this section shall operate between 175 and 180 days.
(2)Wraparound general childcare and development programs provided pursuant to this section may operate a minimum of 246 days per year unless the child development contract specified a lower minimum days of
operation. Part-day general childcare and development programs may operate a full day for the remainder of the year after the completion of the preschool program.
(3)Part-day preschool services combined with wraparound childcare services shall be reimbursed at a base rate determined pursuant to Section 8265 and in the annual Budget Act, using adjustment factors pursuant to Section 8265.5.
(4)Three- and four-year-old children are eligible for wraparound childcare services to supplement the part-day California state preschool program if the family meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 8263.
(b)For purposes of this section, “wraparound childcare services” and “wraparound general childcare and development
programs” mean services provided for the remaining portion of the day or remainder of the year following the completion of part-day preschool services that are necessary to meet the childcare needs of parents eligible pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8263. These services shall be provided consistent with the general childcare and development programs provided pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 8240).
(c)The Superintendent shall authorize state preschool program contracting agencies to offer wraparound childcare services for eligible children enrolled in transitional kindergarten or kindergarten if their families meet the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 8263.