BILL NUMBER: SB 12INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Corbett (Principal coauthor: Senator Alquist) (Coauthors: Senators DeSaulnier, Evans, Hancock, Kehoe, Liu, Negrete McLeod, Pavley, and Wolk) DECEMBER 6, 2010 An act relating to education finance, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately as an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 12, as introduced, Corbett. Education finance: CalWORKs stage 3 child care. Existing law requires that child care be provided in 3 stages to recipients of benefits under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. The first stage of child care begins upon the entry of a person into the CalWORKs program. The 2nd stage of child care begins when a county determines that the work or approved work activity of the recipient is stable or when a recipient is making the transition off of aid and child care is available through a local stage 2 program. The 3rd stage of child care, which is administered by programs contracting with the State Department of Education, begins when a funded child care space becomes available for the child or children of the eligible CalWORKs recipient. This bill would appropriate $250,000,000 from the General Fund, for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund, for restoration of funding for CalWORKs stage 3 child care. The bill would declare that it makes an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state, thereby taking immediate effect. Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is appropriated on a one-time basis from the General Fund, for transfer by the Controller to Section A of the State School Fund, for restoration of funding of Item 6110-196-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010 (Ch. 712, Stats. 2010), as follows: (1.5) 30.10.020---Child Care Services (f) 30.10.020.012---Special Program, Child Development, Alternative Payment Program---Stage 3 Setaside SEC. 2. This act makes an appropriation for the usual current expenses of the state within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.