Bill > AB116

This bill makes several changes to early childcare and education programs in California: - It provides that a license-exempt childcare provider is not required to submit rate sheets, and establishes how alternative payment programs must determine reimbursement rates for childcare providers. - It suspends the annual cost-of-living adjustment for childcare and development program reimbursement rates for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years, except for certain programs. - It codifies regulations allowing families with fluctuating incomes to provide up to 12 months of income information to determine eligibility and family fees, and requires the Department of Social Services to adopt related regulations by 2026. - It makes changes to the family fee structure, including prohibiting fees from exceeding 1% of a family's monthly income starting in October 2023 and prohibiting fees for low-income families. It also appropriates $56 million to cover waived or reduced family fees. - It delays by 2 years the requirement for state preschool programs to reserve enrollment slots for children with exceptional needs. - It extends by one year the authorization for certain counties to develop individualized childcare subsidy plans. - It requires the Departments of Social Services and Education to develop an alternative methodology for setting childcare reimbursement rates. - It provides temporary full reimbursement to certain childcare providers during the first quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year.

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