Adjustment for Evenings and/or Weekends for Licensed Providers

18075.1

(a) This section applies only to reimbursement to licensed providers, except this section shall not apply to reimbursement provided pursuant to the hourly rate defined in Section 18075(a).

(b) When a licensed provider is meeting the certified need for child care that includes hours during the period from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on any day of the week or from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6:00 a.m. Monday, the contractor shall multiply the regional market rate ceiling for the applicable rate category by the appropriate adjustment factor as follows:

(1) By 1.25 when 50 percent or more of the certified need for child care occurs during this period.

(2) By 1.125 when at least ten percent, but less than 50 percent of the certified need for child care occurs during this period.

(c) Reimbursement to the provider shall be the lesser of the amount the provider charges unsubsidized families for the same hours of child care, or the maximum subsidy amount as determined pursuant to subsection

(b) above.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 8265 and 8269, Education Code. Reference: Sections 8220, 8222 and 8357, Education Code.