Child care: administration: preferred placement of children of 11 or 12 years of age.

Existing law requires children who are 11 or 12 years of age, who are receiving subsidized child care services, and for whom a before or after school program is not available, to continue to receive subsidized child care services. Existing law establishes when a before or after school program shall be considered "not available" as when the parent certifies in writing, on a form provided by the State Department of Education, the reasons why the program would not meet the child care needs of the family. This bill would delete the provision relating to the certification by a parent of an unavailable before or after school program. Existing law requires specified savings to be annually reported to the department by a contractor providing child care services and requires the department to annually report the amount of statewide savings to the Legislature. This bill would delete this reporting provision.