Vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes family child care providers to form, join or participate in a certified provider organization.

Highlights:

• Defines a "certified provider organization" as an organization certified by the Public Employment Relations Board as the exclusive representative of family child care providers, authorized to negotiate the following including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):
• Benefits for family child care providers;
• Reimbursement rates for family child care providers participating in a child care subsidy program;
• The deduction of membership dues and fair share fees;
• Expanded access to professional development and training opportunities for family child care providers; and
• Contract grievance arbitration.

• Prohibits certified provider organizations from calling for or directing a strike (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that family child care providers are not public employees and this act does not establish a relationship between such providers and the state for any purpose including, but not limited to, health or retirement benefits (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes family child care providers to form, join or participate in a certified provider organization.

Highlights:

• Defines a "certified provider organization" as an organization certified by the Public Employment Relations Board as the exclusive representative of family child care providers, authorized to negotiate the following including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):
• Benefits for family child care providers;
• Reimbursement rates for family child care providers participating in a child care subsidy program;
• The deduction of membership dues and fair share fees;
• Expanded access to professional development and training opportunities for family child care providers; and
• Contract grievance arbitration.

• Prohibits certified provider organizations from calling for or directing a strike (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that family child care providers are not public employees and this act does not establish a relationship between such providers and the state for any purpose including, but not limited to, health or retirement benefits (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text