BILL NUMBER: AB 100 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Price
JANUARY 7, 2009
An act to amend Sections 116094 and 116095 of , to add
Section 116096 to, and to repeal Chapter 6 (commencing with Section
116091) of Part 10 of Division 104 of, the Health and Safety
Code, relating to school athletics.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 100, as amended, Price. Pupil Athletic Access and Safety
Program pilot project.
Existing law, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of
2001, established establishes the Pupil
Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project for the purpose of
providing grants to private statewide nonprofit organizations in 2
regions to support a partnership to facilitate pupil participation
and safety in high school interscholastic athletics that would
primarily benefit low-income pupils. Under the pilot
project, Existing law required the State
Department of Education or its administering contracting entity, by
May 1, 2002, was required to request and review
proposals submitted by eligible entities
organizations , and, by June 1, 2002, to select a proposal for
each of the 2 regions for receipt of a grant. The
Existing law also required the department or its
administering contracting entity, by January 1, 2005, was
required to submit a report to the Legislature on the
evaluation of the pilot project, as specified.
This bill, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or
other statute, would require the department or its administering
contracting entity, by May 1, 2010, to request and review proposals
submitted by eligible entities for the Pupil Athletic Access and
Safety Program pilot project, and, by June 1, 2010, to select a
proposal for each of the 2 regions for receipt of a grant. The
department or its administering contracting entity, by
January 1, 2013 November 1, 2012 , would be
required to submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation of
the pilot project, as specified.
This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2014,
and would repeal them as of January 1, 2015.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 116094 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
116094. (a) The State Department of Education shall establish a
competitive grant process for private, nonprofit organizations that
are registered with the Secretary of State to submit a grant
application for the development, administration, and implementation
of the Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program.
(b) No later than May 1, 2010, the department, or its
administering contracting entity, shall request and review proposals
submitted by entities eligible for grants pursuant to this chapter.
By June 1, 2010, the department, or its administering contracting
entity, shall select a proposal for each of the two regions for
receipt of a grant. The selected proposal shall meet the criteria set
forth in this chapter and shall be selected on the basis of its
ability to provide the best, most feasible service to the largest
number of schools and pupils in the pilot area.
(c) Proposals shall include all of the following:
(1) A description of the program goals.
(2) A list of measurable objectives for the purpose of evaluation
by the department, or its administering contracting entity.
(3) A list of public secondary schools selected for participation,
and the criteria used for selection of those schools.
(4) A list of professional participants with curriculum vitae and
resumes attached. Athletic trainers who are proposed to participate
in the program shall be certified by the National Athletic Trainers
Association.
(5) A method of ensuring medical quality for the program.
(6) The method that will be used to gather and submit data to the
department, or its administering contracting entity.
(7) A clear description of the experience, expertise, and other
qualifications of the private, nonprofit organization.
(8) A proposed budget for expenditure of the grant, including a
proposed fundraising plan to raise the dollar-for-dollar match as
required in this chapter.
(d) The department, or its administering contracting entity, upon
making a selection pursuant to this chapter, shall fund the grant no
later than August 1, 2010.
(e) (1) The department may expend up to 10 percent of the funds
appropriated for the purposes of this chapter for the costs
associated with administration of the competitive grant process,
medical quality assurance and program oversight, data collection, and
evaluation of the pilot project. No additional funds may be used for
administration, oversight, or implementation of this program.
(2) The department may contract with a nonprofit statewide
organization that specializes in administration of high school
interscholastic athletic programs to function as the department's
administering agency for the program. If the department enters into a
contract pursuant to this paragraph, the funds provided for
administrative costs as set forth in paragraph (1) shall be expended,
pursuant to the contract, by the nonprofit organization in its
administration of this program on behalf of the department. The
administering contracting entity shall be responsible for all aspects
of the program, including the establishment of the competitive grant
process, the selection of grantees and awarding of grants, program
administration, monitoring, and evaluation, and the report required
pursuant to Section 116095.
(f) The department, or its administering contracting entity, shall
monitor and evaluate the program to ensure the performance and
effectiveness of the program, including the following:
(1) Success in obtaining stated goals.
(2) Success in the pupil mentoring and scholarship programs.
(3) Reduction in injuries that occur during practice sessions and
during actual athletic competitions.
(4) Reduction in recurring injury incidents.
(g) For the purpose of evaluating the programs, the department, or
its administering contracting entity, shall, to the extent feasible,
compare available data relating to injuries that occurred during
practice sessions and official competitions in the school year prior
to the existence of the pilot program, with comparable data collected
in the second year of the pilot program.
If data regarding injuries has not been collected prior to the
establishment of the pilot program, then data submitted by each
grantee during the first six months of the program shall be used as
baseline data to compare against data collected in the second year.
(h) In order to be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this
chapter, a pilot project shall receive matching private funds equal
to the public funds received.
SEC. 2. Section 116095 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
116095. By January 1, 2013 November 1,
2012 , the department, or its administering contracting entity,
shall submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation of the
pilot projects pursuant to this chapter, including the number of
schools and pupils assisted by or participating in the various
components of the project, and the extent to which the measurable
objectives listed in the proposal were met.
SEC. 3. Section 116096 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
116096. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2014,
and, as of January 1, 2015, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2015, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
SEC. 3. SEC. 4. This act shall be
implemented only to the extent that funds for these purposes are
appropriated in the annual Budget Act or other statute. It is the
intent of the Legislature that funding appropriated in the Budget Act
for the Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project is a
one-time appropriation for this purpose.