Early learning and care: rates.
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Fiscal committee
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill aims to revise how California provides reimbursement for early learning and care programs, particularly for preschool and center-based childcare. It proposes changes to the reimbursement rates, focusing on ensuring that programs with high enrollment rates receive maximum reimbursement, while those with lower enrollment receive a minimum amount. The bill also clarifies definitions related to costs and enrollment, and establishes a minimum reimbursement amount for programs that don’t meet enrollment targets.
Key provisions
- Increases the minimum reimbursement amount for programs maintaining at least 85% of their certified daily enrollment.
- Replaces ‘administrative and support services costs’ with ‘indirect administrative costs’ and limits them to 15% of the maximum reimbursable amount.
- Establishes a combined cost limit of 25% for direct program and support costs plus indirect administrative costs.
- Requires a minimum reimbursement of $300,000 if 25% of the maximum reimbursable amount falls below $300,000.
- Clarifies definitions related to ‘direct program and support costs,’ ‘indirect administrative costs,’ and ‘reasonable and necessary costs.’
- Modifies the calculation of reimbursement for family childcare home education networks.
- Updates definitions related to ‘children with exceptional needs’ and ‘preschool facility.’
- Specifies that programs closed due to COVID-19 may receive 100% reimbursement for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
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