BILL NUMBER: AB 2324	CHAPTERED  09/12/02

	CHAPTER  495
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 12, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 13, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Diaz
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aroner, Cohn, Harman, Longville,
Salinas, Vargas, and Washington)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to amend Section 8483 of the Education Code, relating to
after school programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2324, Diaz.  Before and After School Learning and Safe
Neighborhoods Partnerships Program.
   Existing law, the Before and After School Learning and Safe
Neighborhoods Partnerships Program requires every after school
component of a program to operate a minimum of 3 hours a day and at
least until 6 p.m. on every regular schoolday.  Under the program,
every after school component of the program is required to establish
a policy regarding reasonable early daily release of pupils.
   This bill would authorize an exception to the early daily release
policy, as provided.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 8483 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   8483.  (a) (1) Every after school component of a program
established pursuant to this article shall operate a minimum of
three hours a day and shall operate at least until 6 p.m. on every
regular schoolday.  Every after school component of the program shall
establish a policy regarding reasonable early daily release of
pupils from the program.  For those programs or schoolsites operating
in a community where the early release policy does not meet the
unique needs of that community or school, or both, documented
evidence may be submitted to the State Department of Education for an
exception and a request for approval of an alternative plan.
   (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that elementary school
pupils participate in the full day of the program every day during
which pupils participate and that pupils in middle school or junior
high school attend a minimum of nine hours a week and three days a
week to accomplish programs goals.
   (3) In order to develop an age-appropriate after school program
for pupils in middle school or junior high school, programs
established pursuant to this article may implement a flexible
attendance schedule for those pupils.  Priority for enrollment of
pupils in middle school or junior high school shall be given to
pupils who attend daily.
   (b) The administrators of a program established pursuant to this
article shall have the option of operating during any combination of
summer, intersession, or vacation periods for a minimum of three
hours per day at the approved rate for the regular school year
pursuant to Section 8483.7.