California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 2 D cosponsors

AB 324 — Childcare services: state-subsidized childcare: professional support stipends.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Existing law requires the State Department of Education to contract with local contracting agencies for alternative payment programs that are intended to allow for maximum parental choice in childcare. Existing law requires that moneys in a specified item of the Budget Act of 2000 be allocated to local childcare and development planning councils based on the percentage of state-subsidized, center-based childcare funds received in the county in which the council is located, and requires that these funds be used to address the retention of qualified childcare employees in state-subsidized childcare centers. This bill would instead require these funds to be used to address the professional support of qualified childcare employees in state-subsidized childcare centers. Existing law authorizes these funds, and other specified funds, appropriated for these purposes, to be used in the County of Los Angeles if specified requirements are met, including that the funds be unexpended after addressing the retention of qualified childcare employees, as provided, and that they be appropriated in the annual Budget Act, to address the retention of qualified persons working in licensed childcare programs that serve a majority of children who receive subsidized childcare services, including, but not limited to, family daycare homes, as defined. This bill would delete the requirements that these funds be used in the County of Los Angeles and that the funds be unexpended after addressing the retention of qualified childcare employees, as provided. The bill would require the funds to be allocated to alternative payment program agencies, as provided, to provide professional support stipends to qualified persons working in specified licensed childcare programs. The bill would, in addition, require the department to provide professional support stipends to qualified childcare employees in state-subsidized childcare centers and family childcare home education networks, upon an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose. Existing law requires the Department of Education to develop guidelines for use by local childcare and development planning councils in developing county plans for the expenditure of funds described above. Existing law requires these guidelines to be consistent with the department's assessment of the current needs of the subsidized childcare workforce and subject to the approval of the Department of Finance. This bill would delete the requirement that the guidelines be consistent with the department's assessment and would delete the requirement that the Department of Finance approve the guidelines. The bill would instead require the guidelines to be consistent with the above provisions. The bill would require the department to develop the guidelines on or before January 1, 2021, for use by alternative payment program agencies and specified partnerships providing workforce development stipends, in developing unified county plans for the expenditure of the funds, as provided. Existing law requires the county plans developed pursuant to the guidelines to be approved by the department before allocation of funds to the local childcare and development planning council. This bill would instead require county plans developed pursuant to the guidelines to be approved by the department before allocation of funds to the local childcare and development planning council or to the alternative payment program agency. The bill would require the department to ensure that the plans meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an annual report to the Legislature, among other entities, that includes a summary of the distribution of funds by county and a description of the funds used. This bill would require the Superintendent to also include in the report a summary of the distribution of funds by provider type and a description of the funds used to meet the department guidelines described above. The bill would make other conforming and nonsubstantive changes.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  6. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  7. Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S.

  8. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1928.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16).

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Read second time and amended.

  17. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  21. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 5000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 324 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46002
Democratic 24001
Republican 6001
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Chu — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cooley — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6001
Unaffiliated 7004
Total 13005
% of votes cast 72%0%0%28%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Not Voting
Brough — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 324 do?
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to contract with local contracting agencies for alternative payment programs that are intended to allow for maximum parental choice in childcare. Existing law requires that moneys in a specified item of the Budget Act of 2000 be allocated to local childcare and development planning councils based on the percentage of state-subsidized, center-based childcare funds received in the county in which the council is located, and requires that these funds be used to address the retention of qualified childcare employees in state-subsidized childcare centers. This bill would instead require these funds to be used to address the professional support of qualified childcare employees in state-subsidized childcare centers. Existing law authorizes these funds, and other specified funds, appropriated for these purposes, to be used in the County of Los Angeles if specified requirements are met, including that the funds be unexpended after addressing the retention of qualified childcare employees, as provided, and that they be appropriated in the annual Budget Act, to address the retention of qualified persons working in licensed childcare programs that serve a majority of children who receive subsidized childcare services, including, but not limited to, family daycare homes, as defined. This bill would delete the requirements that these funds be used in the County of Los Angeles and that the funds be unexpended after addressing the retention of qualified childcare employees, as provided. The bill would require the funds to be allocated to alternative payment program agencies, as provided, to provide professional support stipends to qualified persons working in specified licensed childcare programs. The bill would, in addition, require the department to provide professional support stipends to qualified childcare employees in state-subsidized childcare centers and family childcare home education networks, upon an appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose. Existing law requires the Department of Education to develop guidelines for use by local childcare and development planning councils in developing county plans for the expenditure of funds described above. Existing law requires these guidelines to be consistent with the department's assessment of the current needs of the subsidized childcare workforce and subject to the approval of the Department of Finance. This bill would delete the requirement that the guidelines be consistent with the department's assessment and would delete the requirement that the Department of Finance approve the guidelines. The bill would instead require the guidelines to be consistent with the above provisions. The bill would require the department to develop the guidelines on or before January 1, 2021, for use by alternative payment program agencies and specified partnerships providing workforce development stipends, in developing unified county plans for the expenditure of the funds, as provided. Existing law requires the county plans developed pursuant to the guidelines to be approved by the department before allocation of funds to the local childcare and development planning council. This bill would instead require county plans developed pursuant to the guidelines to be approved by the department before allocation of funds to the local childcare and development planning council or to the alternative payment program agency. The bill would require the department to ensure that the plans meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an annual report to the Legislature, among other entities, that includes a summary of the distribution of funds by county and a description of the funds used. This bill would require the Superintendent to also include in the report a summary of the distribution of funds by provider type and a description of the funds used to meet the department guidelines described above. The bill would make other conforming and nonsubstantive changes.
Who sponsors AB 324?
AB 324 is sponsored by Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic) and Rubio, Blanca E. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 324?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 AB 324?
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