AB 2759 Jones Implementation

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AB 2759 Jones Implementation

• Anticipating Preschool Consolidation!
• For CCDAA Northern Section Meeting
• 11/13/08

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AB 2759 Jones Implementation

• First a caveat... some issues not yet addressed
• Management Bulletin not yet released
• What we anticipate based on review of drafts and
  discussions
• New Name CA State Preschool Programs CSPP
• Effective July 1, 2009

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AB 2759 Jones Implementation

• What contracts are combined
• State Preschool CPRE
• Full Day State Preschool
• PreK Family Literacy CPKP
• Full Day Pre K Family Literacy CPKF
• Center-based preschool portion of General Center
  CCTR

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• Whats not in CSPP?
• Infant Toddler and School aged portion of CCTR
• CCTR services provided in family child care homes
• Latchkey CLTK
• Migrant Center-based CMIG
• Bay Area Handicapped - CHAN)
• Family Child Care Education Networks FCCHEN
  CFCC

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• What contracts will you receive in 09/10?
• CA State Preschool Program CSPP (separated by
  program cost account s PCAs
• General Center CCTR for infants/toddlers
  school-age and family child care portions

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• What will the rate be for CSPP?
• Will be based on the current Standard
  Reimbursement Rate for FT 3 to 5 yr olds 34.38
• Present half-time rate will be eliminated and
  replaced with a factor of 61.72 of full time
  21.22 which is the old State Preschool Daily
  Rate.
• If you are an agency with many contracts, with
  different rates, CDE will blend your contracts
  and determine a new blended base rate for your
  agency.

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• What will change if you only have a CCTR contract
  or only have a CPRE contract and only serve
  preschoolers?
• Almost no change
• May have opportunity to start doing the other
  program type (ie convert 1 part-day classroom to
  full day)
• You should only change if changing meets the
  needs of your community.

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• What will reporting be like?
• Caveat no actual forms ready yet, but
• Days of enrollment reporting will use the
  part-day and special criteria factors
• SINGLE EXPENSE REPORT !!! Costs will be
  allocated by CDE using the cde reported.
• One contract - this allows for maximum
  flexibility in the use of funding.

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• What if you have a CCTR that serves infants
  through school aged?
• Two contracts
• ONE EXPENSE REPORT!
• You will decide what portion of your existing
  contract will become
• CSPP preschoolers
• CCTR infants school-agers
• You will be able to adjust this in future years

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• Some overall benefits of AB 2759
• Flexibility to offer half-day and/or full-day
  services to meet community needs!
• Children whose families lose their jobs can move
  into part-day without a work requirement.
• Children whose parents work PT can now attend
  half day on the non-work days.
• Full-day programming is finally seen as
  EDUCATIONAL TOO!!! no longer just day care

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AB 2759 Jones Implementation

• PKFLP, part-day and full-day versions, can now
  serve both 3's and 4's, not just 4s.
• Maximum length of time for a part-day CSPP
  program will be 3 hours and 59 minutes (cannot be
  4 or more, which would be the full-day CSPP
  program).
• MDO Minimum of 175 days for part-time classes,
  minimum of 246 days for full-day classes - unless
  your contract allows lower.
• Family fee. None for part-day. Fees for full-day
  are same as CCTR now.

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• Definition of 3's and 4's - same as current State
  Preschool. 4's are children who have 4th birthday
  by Dec. 2nd of the fiscal year, and 3's are
  children who have 3rd birthday by Dec. 2nd of the
  fiscal year.
• So children 2 years and 7 months or older on July
  1 can enroll that fiscal year - they are 3's or
  4's. But children who turn 3 after December 2
  must wait until July 1 to enroll.
• Note This may impact agencies with both
  infant/toddler and center preschool programs.
  Will this require clean-up legislation?

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AB 2759 Jones Implementation

• When will you get the application, etc. ?
• Management Bulletin was prepared- final approval
• Webinar soon and other informational meetings
• Application will be issued with the MB
• CCDAA will provide technical assistance sessions
  at conferences and around the state if needed.
• How will YOU decide how best to implement?

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AB 2759 Jones Implementation

• Take time to think about the freedom / options
  you may have.
• How much funding do you want to put in CSPP and
  how much in CCTR?
• Programmatic changes? Planning for full-day and
  part-day classrooms.
• Make your changes based on the real needs of your
  community and your own agency realities.
• Use your LPC for county-wide planning!

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We Need Help!

• THIS WILL NOT BE YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
  CHANGES......
• but it is a very important time.
• Thank You.
• Public Policy Team for CCDAA
• www.ccdaa.org
• Nirmala Dillman
• ndillman_at_smcoe.k12.ca.us