California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 121 — Education: Child care: individualized county child care subsidy plans: the Every Kid Counts (EKC) Act.

Last action — Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) The Child Care and Development Services Act has a purpose of providing a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop standards for the implementation of quality child care programs. Existing law authorizes the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma, as individual pilot projects, to develop an individualized county child care subsidy plan, as provided. Existing law repeals each of these pilot programs on specified dates. This bill would repeal, recast, and revise the law relating to the above-specified counties' individualized subsidy plans and make related conforming changes, as provided. The bill would extend the operative dates of the individualized pilot programs by 6 months. (2) Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco and the City of San Mateo to develop and implement individualized county child care subsidy plans that include specified elements. Existing law authorizes the plans to supersede state law concerning child care subsidy programs with regard to specified factors, including eligibility criteria, as provided. This bill would, among other things, make changes to the eligibility criteria and would allow the plans to supersede state law on ratios of 4-year-old children in state preschool programs. (3) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma. (4) Existing law establishes the Every Kid Counts (EKC) Act, which requires the Scholarshare Investment Board to implement and administer a college savings program that incentivizes families to participate in a qualified tuition program established under the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act or other college savings programs. Before implementing the program, existing law requires the board to make specified considerations, including how best to incentivize low-income families to participate in these college savings programs and whether and how proposed actions allow for rigorous evaluation of the effects of the EKC Act. Existing law requires the board and the Franchise Tax Board to exchange prescribed information in order to verify financial eligibility under these college savings programs. This bill would revise and recast the act to instead, among other things, require the Student Aid Commission to distribute grants to local governments and other entities that sponsor one or more comprehensive citywide or regional children's savings account programs to help families establish and maintain college savings accounts. The bill would make the amount of each grant $100,000, at a minimum, and would require each participating entity to meet certain requirements in order to receive the grant. (5) Existing law, the Budget Act of 2017, appropriates $3,000,000 for purposes of the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Program. This bill would repeal that appropriation and would appropriate that amount to the Student Aid Commission for purposes of the EKC College Savings Program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.

  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (March 5).

  4. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  5. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

  6. September 11 hearing postponed by committee.

  7. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

  8. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read third time and amended.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Ordered to second reading.

  13. Withdrawn from committee.

  14. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 24. Page 2825.)

  15. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1042.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. Ordered to second reading.

  20. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 982.)

  21. Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  22. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.

  23. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass.

Passed 24 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18003
Republican 2000
Democratic 4002
Total 24005
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (29)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Fong — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chiu — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 121 do?
(1) The Child Care and Development Services Act has a purpose of providing a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop standards for the implementation of quality child care programs. Existing law authorizes the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma, as individual pilot projects, to develop an individualized county child care subsidy plan, as provided. Existing law repeals each of these pilot programs on specified dates. This bill would repeal, recast, and revise the law relating to the above-specified counties' individualized subsidy plans and make related conforming changes, as provided. The bill would extend the operative dates of the individualized pilot programs by 6 months. (2) Existing law authorizes the City and County of San Francisco and the City of San Mateo to develop and implement individualized county child care subsidy plans that include specified elements. Existing law authorizes the plans to supersede state law concerning child care subsidy programs with regard to specified factors, including eligibility criteria, as provided. This bill would, among other things, make changes to the eligibility criteria and would allow the plans to supersede state law on ratios of 4-year-old children in state preschool programs. (3) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma. (4) Existing law establishes the Every Kid Counts (EKC) Act, which requires the Scholarshare Investment Board to implement and administer a college savings program that incentivizes families to participate in a qualified tuition program established under the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act or other college savings programs. Before implementing the program, existing law requires the board to make specified considerations, including how best to incentivize low-income families to participate in these college savings programs and whether and how proposed actions allow for rigorous evaluation of the effects of the EKC Act. Existing law requires the board and the Franchise Tax Board to exchange prescribed information in order to verify financial eligibility under these college savings programs. This bill would revise and recast the act to instead, among other things, require the Student Aid Commission to distribute grants to local governments and other entities that sponsor one or more comprehensive citywide or regional children's savings account programs to help families establish and maintain college savings accounts. The bill would make the amount of each grant $100,000, at a minimum, and would require each participating entity to meet certain requirements in order to receive the grant. (5) Existing law, the Budget Act of 2017, appropriates $3,000,000 for purposes of the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Program. This bill would repeal that appropriation and would appropriate that amount to the Student Aid Commission for purposes of the EKC College Savings Program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 121?
SB 121 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 121?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 121?
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