Bill Text: CA AB2677 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Subsidized child care: limit on services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2677 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2677-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2677	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chávez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 8264.9 to the Education Code, relating to
child care.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2677, as introduced, Chávez. Subsidized child care: limit on
services.
   The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the
State Department of Education, provides that children from infancy to
13 years of age, inclusive, are eligible, with certain requirements,
for child care and development services. The act authorizes the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to enter into and execute local
contractual agreements with any public or private entity or agency
for the delivery of child care and development services.
   This bill would limit a family to a total of not more than 8 years
of subsidized child care services under the act.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would accomplish both of the following:
   (a) Limit eligible families to eight years of subsidized child
care. Eight years of child care would give families time to become
more economically stable, while expanding services to approximately
35,000 additional families.
   (b) Expand the voucher system and phase out the system of direct
contracts with child care providers over five years, with an
exception for contracts with local educational agencies for
preschool. This would provide similar levels of choice for all
eligible families by allowing a family to choose the provider that
best fits their needs.
  SEC. 2.  Section 8264.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   8264.9.  A family shall be limited to a total of not more than
eight years of subsidized child care services under this chapter.