CaliforniaEarly learning and care: rates.
What it does
Existing law establishes a system of childcare and development services, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for children from infancy to 13 years of age. Existing law authorizes, upon departmental approval, the use of appropriated funds for alternative payment programs to allow for maximum parental choice. Existing law authorizes the reimbursement to those programs for the cost of childcare paid to childcare providers and the administrative and support services costs of the alternative program.
More detail
Existing law prohibits the total cost for administration and support services from exceeding 17.5% of the total contract amount.
This bill would expand the authorization for reimbursement to include the direct program and support costs, as defined, of the alternative program. The bill would replace the term "administrative and support services costs" with "indirect administrative costs," as defined, and prohibit the indirect administrative costs from exceeding 15% of the maximum reimbursable amount of the contract, and further prohibit the combined costs of direct program and support costs and indirect administrative costs from exceeding 25%. If 25% of the maximum reimbursable amount of the contract falls below $300,000, the bill would require the minimum reimbursement to be $300,000.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 14May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.Latest
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4007.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 7From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3741.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Apr 6
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 26Set for hearing April 6.
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.Major
- Feb 26Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED.Minor
- Feb 18From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- Feb 17Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced