Currrent as of February 4, 2022
Assembly Bill No. 212
CHAPTER 547
An act to add Section 8300 to the Education Code, relating to child care and development.
[ Filed with Secretary of State September 20, 2000. Approved by Governor September 18, 2000. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
AB 212, Aroner. Child care and development.
Existing law, the California Child Day Care Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of certain providers of child day care by the Department of Social Services. Under existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, the State Department of Education is designated as the state agency responsible for the promotion, development, and provision of care for children in the absence of their parents during the workday or while engaged in other activities that require assistance of a third party. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all center-based child care and development programs under contract with the State Department of Education.
This bill would require that specified funds appropriated by the Budget Act of 2000 for child care and development shall be allocated to local child care and development planning councils based on the percentage of state-subsidized, center-based child care funds received in that county, to be used to address the retention of qualified child care employees in state-subsidized child care centers. The bill would require the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for use by local child care and development planning councils in developing county plans for the expenditure of funds allocated pursuant to those provisions, would require those guidelines to be consistent with certain goals, and would require those guidelines to be approved by the Secretary for Education and the Department of Finance. The bill would require that any funds provided to a county pursuant to those provisions be used in accordance with an approved county plan, and would authorize a county to retain up to 1% of the county’s total allocation for reimbursement of administrative expenses associated with the planning process. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an annual report to the Legislature, the Governor, the Secretary for Education, and the Department of Finance that includes, but is not limited to, a summary of the distribution of the funds by county and a description of how the funds were applied.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 8300 is added to the Education Code, to read:
8300.
(a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of providing quality child care services. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to assist counties in improving the retention of qualified child care employees who work directly with children who receive state subsidized child care services.
(b) The funds appropriated for the purposes of this section by paragraph (11) of schedule (b) of Item 6110-196-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2000 (Ch. 52, Stats. 2000), and that are described in subdivision (i) of Provision 7 of that item, shall be allocated to local child care and development planning councils based on the percentage of state-subsidized, center-based child care funds received in that county, and shall be used to address the retention of qualified child care employees in state-subsidized child care centers. Additionally, funds may be allocated annually thereafter for these purposes.
(c) The State Department of Education shall develop guidelines for use by local child care and development planning councils in developing county plans for the expenditure of funds allocated pursuant to this section. These guidelines shall be consistent with the department’s assessment of the current needs of the subsidized child care workforce, and shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary for Education and the Department of Finance. Any county plan developed pursuant to these guidelines shall be approved by the State Department of Education prior to the allocation of funds to the local child care and development planning council.
(d) Funds provided to a county for the purposes of this section shall be used in accordance with the plan approved pursuant to subdivision (c). A county with an approved plan may retain up to 1 percent of the county’s total allocation made pursuant to this section for reimbursement of administrative expenses associated with the planning process.
(e) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide an annual report, no later than April 10 of each year, to the Legislature, the Secretary for Education, the Department of Finance, and the Governor that includes, but is not limited to, a summary of the distribution of the funds by county and a description of the use of the funds.
AB 212