AB 772 (Chan) California Healthy Kids Insurance Program
Status: Senate Appropriations
This bill would establish the Healthy Kids Insurance Program to provide a seamless health care system witht the coordination between Healthy Families and Medi-cal for low income children.
AB 927 (Mullin) School Readiness Centers/Preschool Program
Status: Senate Floor
This bill was amended to require that child care and development program classifications be changed to part-day and full-day preschool programs. This bill would also consolidate contracts.
AB 1246 (Wolk) Preskindergarten Learning Standards
Status: 2 year Bill
This bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction by Jan. 1, 2007 and in consultation with experts from the field of early childhood education, to develop and adopt pre-kindergarten learning standards and to develop kindergarten curriculum guides in four subject areas: reading/language arts, mathematics, history/social science, and science. The Superintendent would convene a panel every seven years to review the learning standards.
AB 1285 (Montanez) CARES Funding for Family Child Care
Status: Senate Appropriations Committee, Suspense File
This bill would allow Family Child Care providers who care for subsidized children in Los Angeles to receive CARES stipends.
AB 1565 (Pavley) Child Care and Development Programs
Quality Rating System
Status: Senate Appropriations Committee, Suspense File
This bill would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with representatives from the Department of Social Services, First 5 Commission, Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst Office to hire a contractor to carry out a pilot study that would design, implement and evaluate a state-wide quality rating system for center based and family child care home facitlities. It would include $7.8 million from federal funds to fund the pilot.
SB 437 (Escutia) California Healthy Kids Insurance Program
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee, Suspense File
Same as AB 772
SB 640 (Escutia) Resource and Referral Funding
Serving Children with Disabilities
Status: Assembly Appropriations Committee, Suspense File
This bill would appropriate $5 million from one-time only federal quality carry-over funds within the State Department of Education for purposes fo funding, beginning in the 05-06 fiscal year, state funded child care resource and referral programs to serve children with disabilities.
updated August 2005 from Pat Dorman/Around the Capitol.com
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