Bill > AB185

This bill: (1) Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with other state officials, to convene a statewide interest holder workgroup to provide recommendations on best practices for increasing access to high-quality universal preschool programs and updating preschool standards. (2) Revises the eligibility requirements and priority rankings for part-day and full-day California state preschool programs. (3) Authorizes the Superintendent to allow California state preschool programs to offer less than 4 hours each instructional day of wraparound childcare services and to allow flexibility in the operational hours and enrollment cutoff dates. (4) Requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in preschool programs. (5) Extends the timeframe for certain contractors to be reimbursed at the greater of the 75th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey or their 2021 per-child reimbursement amount, as increased by a cost-of-living adjustment. (6) Appropriates $300 million for the 2022-23 fiscal year to continue the California Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Program, which provides grants to local educational agencies to create or expand preschool and transitional kindergarten programs. (7) Revises and recasts the California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program, including requiring each county to submit a single planning grant application and authorizing the State Department of Education to contract with nongovernmental entities. (8) Removes vendors from a requirement for the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data to submit fingerprint information to the Department of Justice. (9) Authorizes school districts, with governing board approval, to procure alternative design-build contracts for public works projects over $5 million, awarding the contract to the low bid or best value. (10) Requires recipients of the Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant to report expenditures using a template developed by the Department of Education and make the reports publicly available. (11) Expands the recipients of the home-to-school transportation allowance to include school districts and county offices of education that provide transportation services through joint powers agreements, cooperatives, or consortia. (12) Exempts certain pupils from some independent study requirements. (13) Revises the funding provisions, requirements, and potential penalties related to transitional kindergarten. (14) Revises the funding for necessary small schools and high schools by increasing some of the specified amounts. (15) Establishes procedures for school employers to notify employees of wage overpayments and afford them an opportunity to respond before commencing recoupment actions. (16) Increases the adjustment factor for infants and toddlers served in general child care and development programs or family child care home education network settings from 1.05 to 1.1. (17) Makes other technical and conforming changes.

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