California Assembly Bill AB304 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 304INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Price FEBRUARY 17, 2009 An act to amend Sections 8223 and 8224 of the Education Code, relating to child care and development. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 304, as introduced, Price. Child Care and Development Services Act: alternative payment programs. The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, provides that children up to 13 years of age are eligible, with certain requirements, for child care and development services. The act requires the department to contract with local contracting agencies to provide for alternative payment programs and requires the reimbursement for alternative payment programs to include the cost of child care paid to child care providers, and past administrative and support services. The act further requires the audits for local contracting agencies for alternative payment programs to include specified factors, including a sampling of the evidence of specified fees. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 8223 of the Education Code is amended to read: 8223. The reimbursement for alternative payment programs shall include the cost of child care paid to child care providers plus the administrative and support services costs of the alternative payment program. The total cost for  administration   administrative  and support services shall not exceed an amount equal to 19 percent of the total contract amount. The administrative costs shall not exceed the costs allowable for administration under federal requirements. SEC. 2. Section 8224 of the Education Code is amended to read: 8224. The audits for  such   local contracting  agencies shall include, but not be limited to, a sampling of the evidence of fees charged to, and paid by, families of  non-subsidized   nonsubsidized  children, the daily enrollment of subsidized children, the number of days of service provided to subsidized children, the assessment and collection of parent fees, and the availability of support services to subsidized children and their families as needed pursuant to the terms of the contract.