BILL NUMBER: AB 2677INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chvez 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, Chvez. 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.