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May 19, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health and Human Services and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
April 22, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
April 13, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
June 1, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee
May 21, 2008 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
April 24, 2007 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
March 13, 2007 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Subcommittee No. 1 on Education.
February 21, 2007 - Our five-year forecast shows Proposition 98 funding is to increase much more than needed to cover baseline costs. Thus, we think this is an opportune time to develop an education roadmap that lays out funding priorities, coordinates investments, and implements accompanying policy improvements. Given the significant achievement gap between low-income children and their higher income peers, our suggested roadmap includes expanding early child development and preschool programs for low-income children. To help ensure success of any program expansion, we also make various recommendations relating to wrap around child care, facilities, and program quality.
January 4, 2007 - Although the state licenses about 58,000 child care facilities serving up to 1.2 million children, there is little information readily available to parents about the safety and quality of this care. This report describes options to improve the availability of such information. We recommend that the availability of existing information be improved and that ratings be established based on a provider’s safety history.
April 28, 2005 - Presented to: Senate Budget Committee No. 3 on Health and Human Services
April 25, 2005 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
February 24, 2005 - The Governor proposes a number of significant reforms to California’s subsidized child care system including eligibility restrictions, a new waiting list system, and tiered reimbursement rates. With certain qualifications, we support proposed eligibility and waiting list changes. Although tying reimbursement rates to quality makes sense, the Legislature may wish to consider alternative approaches which increase reimbursement rates for higher quality care rather than simply reducing reimbursement rates (as the Governor proposes) for lower quality care.
February 9, 2005 - Presented to a joint hearing of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittees No. 1 and No. 3 on February 9, 2005.
February 18, 2004 - The Governor's budget proposes a number of significant reforms to California's subsidized child care system. These proposals effectively prioritize limited child care resources. However, the Governor's proposals lack important policy, implementation, and administrative details that would help the Legislature weigh state savings against reducing child care services for a significant number of lower-income families. We evaluate the proposals' effect on children, families, and the state budget, and present some alternative approaches.
July 1, 1986 - The Child Care and Development Services Act (Chapter 798, Statutes of 1980) directed the Superintendent of Public Instruction to "implement a plan which establishes reasonable standards and assigned reimbursement rates" for state-subsidized child care programs. The act also established a "standard reimbursement rate" which, in 1980-81, was $15.36 a day (or $3,840 a year) for each child enrolled full-time in subsidized child care.