California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 94 — Child care and development: priority enrollment: underserved areas.

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

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer child care and development programs that provide a full range of services for eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age. Existing law requires a child care resource and referral program, as defined, to publicize its services through all available media sources, agencies, and other appropriate methods. This bill would require a child care resource and referral program to include in the publicity a statement regarding the state's special interest in enrolling children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case, in programs that are operated by licensed child care providers or local educational agencies. (2) Existing law requires an applicant or contracting agency, as defined, of a California state preschool program to give priority to children who meet certain criteria, including children who are recipients of child protective services. This bill would require an applicant or contracting agency to also give first priority enrollment to children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. The bill would require these priority enrollments to be considered along with the first priority and other priority enrollments for federal and state subsidized child development services administered by the Superintendent, as specified. This bill would require general child care and development programs to include priority enrollment, when slots become available in programs operated by licensed child care providers or local educational agencies, for children from birth to 5 years of age who are supervised by the child welfare system, have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, or are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. The bill would require these priority enrollments to be considered along with the first priority and other priority enrollments for federal and state subsidized child development services administered by the Superintendent, as specified. This bill would revise eligibility requirements for federal and state subsidized child development services administered by the Superintendent to include children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. The bill would require, among other things, that first priority enrollment for these services be given to neglected or abused children from birth to 5 years of age who are recipients of child protective services, or who are at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited, upon written referral from a legal, medical, or social services agency who meet specified criteria. (3) Existing law requires a local planning council to annually submit local priorities that reflect child care needs in the county to the State Department of Education, and requires a local planning council to conduct an assessment of the child care needs that includes specified factors. This bill would include among those factors the child care needs of children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. (4) This bill would also express the Legislature's intent that the highest priority for enrollment in child care and development programs be given to children with the greatest need to benefit from those programs. (5) Existing law defines certain terms for purposes of the Child Care and Development Services Act, including the term "underserved area," to mean specified areas where the ratio of publicly subsidized child care and development program services to the need for these services is low, as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. This bill would revise the term "underserved area" to also include the specified areas where the overall number of eligible children without access to publicly subsidized child care and development program services is high, as determined by the Superintendent. (6) This bill would appropriate $1,000 to the State Department of Education for allocation for purposes of the above provisions. (7) To the extent that the funds appropriated by this bill are allocated to a school district or a community college district, those funds would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. (8) 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. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  2. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

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

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

  5. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 384.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Ordered to second reading.

  10. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  11. Read first time.

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

  13. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 voted No

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.

Show all 121 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

3rd Reading SB94 Committee On B. & F.R.

Passed 23 Yea · 13 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211203
Democratic 2100
Total 231303
% of votes cast 59%33%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Nay
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Liu — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Nay
De León — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Bates — Nay
Moorlach — Not Voting
Pavley — Not Voting
Vidak — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety education
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does SB 94 do?
(1) The Child Care and Development Services Act requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer child care and development programs that provide a full range of services for eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age. Existing law requires a child care resource and referral program, as defined, to publicize its services through all available media sources, agencies, and other appropriate methods. This bill would require a child care resource and referral program to include in the publicity a statement regarding the state's special interest in enrolling children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case, in programs that are operated by licensed child care providers or local educational agencies. (2) Existing law requires an applicant or contracting agency, as defined, of a California state preschool program to give priority to children who meet certain criteria, including children who are recipients of child protective services. This bill would require an applicant or contracting agency to also give first priority enrollment to children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. The bill would require these priority enrollments to be considered along with the first priority and other priority enrollments for federal and state subsidized child development services administered by the Superintendent, as specified. This bill would require general child care and development programs to include priority enrollment, when slots become available in programs operated by licensed child care providers or local educational agencies, for children from birth to 5 years of age who are supervised by the child welfare system, have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, or are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. The bill would require these priority enrollments to be considered along with the first priority and other priority enrollments for federal and state subsidized child development services administered by the Superintendent, as specified. This bill would revise eligibility requirements for federal and state subsidized child development services administered by the Superintendent to include children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. The bill would require, among other things, that first priority enrollment for these services be given to neglected or abused children from birth to 5 years of age who are recipients of child protective services, or who are at risk of being neglected, abused, or exploited, upon written referral from a legal, medical, or social services agency who meet specified criteria. (3) Existing law requires a local planning council to annually submit local priorities that reflect child care needs in the county to the State Department of Education, and requires a local planning council to conduct an assessment of the child care needs that includes specified factors. This bill would include among those factors the child care needs of children placed by a child welfare agency with a relative or foster parent, children served by a child welfare agency who have an open dependency or voluntary child protective services court case, and children who are dependents of a parent with an open dependency court case. (4) This bill would also express the Legislature's intent that the highest priority for enrollment in child care and development programs be given to children with the greatest need to benefit from those programs. (5) Existing law defines certain terms for purposes of the Child Care and Development Services Act, including the term "underserved area," to mean specified areas where the ratio of publicly subsidized child care and development program services to the need for these services is low, as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. This bill would revise the term "underserved area" to also include the specified areas where the overall number of eligible children without access to publicly subsidized child care and development program services is high, as determined by the Superintendent. (6) This bill would appropriate $1,000 to the State Department of Education for allocation for purposes of the above provisions. (7) To the extent that the funds appropriated by this bill are allocated to a school district or a community college district, those funds would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. (8) 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 94?
SB 94 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 94?
This bill died with 2015-2016 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 94?
Track SB 94 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 94

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 94

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →