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a. Conduct a public hearing as required by Assembly Bill 300 on the Local Child Care Policy and Evaluation Plan for the Monterey County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot; and
b. Consider adopting a resolution to approve the Local Child Care Policy and Evaluation Plan for the Monterey County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Conduct a public hearing as required by Assembly Bill 300 on the Local Child Care Policy and Evaluation Plan for the Monterey County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot; and
b. Consider adopting a resolution to approve the Local Child Care Policy and Evaluation Plan for the Monterey County Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Assembly Bill 300 was an act to amend Section 8332.2 of, and to add and repeal Article 15.4.1 (commencing with Section 8348) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the Education Code, relating to child care. It was approved by the Governor and chaptered into law on October 12, 2017.
This legislation authorizes a pilot plan to waive certain California Department of Education regulations related to local subsidized child care contracts to better meet the needs and goals of the local community. Without any additional funds, the pilot seeks to demonstrate the effects of limited local control, flexibility and stakeholder efficiency to support family self-sufficiency and to stabilize a fragile child care infrastructure.
Under current California Department of Education regulations, child care providers cannot maximize access to care and fewer children receive subsidized care; as a result, child care spaces are lost to parents and children in the County. The pilot approach allows Monterey County to address two fundamental concerns: first, that families struggle to earn enough to meet the high costs of living in the County and yet are nevertheless still considered too high income to qual...
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