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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06251985 - 1.6 (2) TO: BOARD OF SUP RVISORS f FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Contra Costa DATE: June 19, 1985 County SUBJECT: �EGI•SLATION - CHILD CARE BILLS SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION• Adopt a position ofsupport for the following child care related legislation, in response to Board referral of June 11 , 1985: .•b"B=T4'3 by Senator Syemour and 30 co-authors SB1303 by .Senator Roberti and 51 co-authors SB 566 by Senator Bergeson and Senator Seymour ,SB 711 by Senator Watson W-864 by Senator Hart and 3 co-authors AB55 by Assemblyman Willie Brown and 25 co-authors AB '1'935 by Assemblywoman Wright 2175' by Assemblywoman LaFollette BACKGROUND: SB 43 would conform existing state income tax credits for child care expenses to federal allowances, would limit the amount of the state credit to 20 percent of the allowable federal credit and would make the credit refundable if the taxpayer' s adjusted gross income is less than $25,000, or in the case of married taxpayers filing joint returns, if the adjusted gross income is less than $50,000. This is a somewhat more generous allowance which takes into account the needs of parents to obtain adequate child care and recognizes those costs as a legitimate employment expense. SB 43 passed the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee February 20, 1985 by a vote of 6: 0 and will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 17. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:_X YES SIGNATURE: _X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _ APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON June 25, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER DIRECTED staff to _request the State to allow community based planning agencies , where they exist , to provide input on •the allocation of funds. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD County Administrator OF SUPERVISORS N THE DATE SHOWN. Social Services Director cc: Child Care Task Force ATTESTED Family & Children's Services Advisory Committee POL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Author of Each Bill SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7.83 BY __ DEPUTY � s 2iage 2 SB 303 , the so-called "Latchkey Bill" , establishes an extended day care program within the State Department of Education to provide both before and after school supervision to school age children during the school year and for extended hours during the summer and other school vacation periods. A fee schedule is provided so that parents able to pay toward the cost of such care do so. The bill appropriates $100 million for the program: $50 million for capital outlay and $50 million for operating such programs. SB 303 passed the Senate Education Committee on March 20 by a vote of 9: 0 and will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 17. SB 566 would make child day care centers an eligible use for industrial development bonds and would add to the criteria to be used in judging the appropriateness of funding from industrial development bonds whether employment benefits may ensue because of the increased availability of centers providing day care to children of working parents. SB 566 passed the Senate Governmental Organization Committee on April 16 by a vote of 7:2 and the Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of 5: 2 on April 29. SB 566 passed the full Senate May 2 by a vote of 28: 4. The bill is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Economic Development and New Technologies Committee July 8. SB 711 would provide for submission to the voters of the Child Care Facilities Bond Act of 1986. It would be placed on the ballot on June 3 , 1986 and would provide authority for $100 million in general obligation bonds which could be loaned to eligible agencies for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, or purchasing equipment for child care facilities. The bill provides that funds used for acquiring, renovating or constructing facilities use the facilities for child care purpose for varying periods of time from three years to fifteen years, depending on the purpose for which the funds are used and the amount loaned. A 15 percent matching requirement is provided for. SB 711 passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee May 8 by a vote of 6:0. The bill is scheduled to be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 17. SB 864 would authorize a tax credit of 30 percent of the cost of startup expenses for establishing a child care program or constructing a child care facility to be used primarily by the children of the taxpayer' s employees up to $30 ,000 in any taxable year. The bill would also authorize a tax credit of 50 percent of the cost of a contribution by an employer toward the cost .of child care for the dependent of an employee, not to exceed $300 per child in part-time child care and $600 in full-time child care. SB 864 passed the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on May 15 by a vote of 6: 0 and passed the Senate Appropriations Committee June 10 by a vote of 5:0. The bill is presently awaiting third reading on the Senate floor. AB 55 would appropriate $50 million to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to expand specified child care and development programs and adds respite child care and development programs to the definition of child care and development programs. AB 55 passed the Assembly Human Services Committee on April 16 by a vote of 6:0 and is presently pending a hearing in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. AB 1939 would provide a tax credit of 50 percent of the cost incurred by a taxpayer for the startup expenses of establishing, and continuing contributions for the support of, a child care program to be used primarily by the children of the taxpayer' s employees, up to a maximum of $10,000 for any taxable year. AB 1939 is pending a hearing in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. AB 2175 would appropriate $5 million to the State Department of Education and would require the Department to complete and expand the Alternative f Page 3 Payment program under which income eligible parents choose their own child care provider. AB 2175 is joined to AB 55 and would only become operative if AB 55 (see above) is enacted and becomes effective on or before January 1, 1986. AB 2175 passed the Assembly Human Services Committee April 30 by a vote of 9:0 and is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on June 19. One additional bill which has been endorsed by the Child Care Task Force is AB 1007 , which the Board is already on record in support of. Because each of these bills will assist in meeting the overwhelming need for child care resources in this county and because several of the bills reflect a strong public/private sector emphasis by encouraging employers to provide or assist in providing child care resources for their employees, the bills deserve the support of the Board of Supervisors.