Child care: alternative payment providers: reimbursement rates: eligibility requirements.

Existing law requires the State Department of Education to contract with local contracting agencies for alternative payment programs that are intended to allow for maximum parental choice in child care. Existing law requires reimbursement for alternative payment programs to include the cost of child care paid to child care providers plus the administrative and support services costs of the alternative payment program, as provided, and limits the total cost for administration and support services to an amount not to exceed 17.5% of the total contract amount. This bill would also require alternative payment programs to be reimbursed for making eligibility determinations at a rate of three percent of the total contract amount.