BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: May 6, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Kevin De Leon, Chair
AB 100 (Price) - As Amended: April 30, 2009
Policy Committee: Education
Vote:7-1
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill makes the Pupil Athletic Access and Safety (PAAS)
program operative until July 1, 2014. Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires the State Department of Education (SDE) or the
administering entity, no later than May 1, 2010, to request
and review proposals for this program. This measure further
requires the SDE or the administering entity, no later than
June 1, 2010, to select proposals, as specified.
2)Requires the SDE or the administering entity, to submit an
evaluation report of this program to the Legislature no later
than November 1, 2012, as specified.
3)Requires the PAAS program to be implemented to the extent
funds are appropriated in the annual budget act or other
statue for this purpose.
FISCAL EFFECT
1)GF/98 cost pressure of approximately $500,000 to implement the
PAAS program.
2)GF/98 costs, likely between $200,000 and $250,000, to SDE to
provide an evaluation report of this program.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . AB 760 (Shelley), Chapter 553, Statutes of 2001,
established the PAAS program to provide competitive grants to
private, nonprofit organizations that are registered with the
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Secretary of State for the purpose of training high school
athletic trainers.
The Team Helping Enrich Athletes Lives (HEAL) Foundation, a
non-profit organization and sponsor of this measure, "provides
full-time certified athletic trainers to under-served public
high school athletic programs. Team HEAL aims to protect the
health and future student athletes by providing medical care.
This includes injury prevention and treatment services,
strength and conditioning, nutrition education, and exposure
to careers in health related fields." According to the
foundations' website it currently provides services to four
California high schools located in southern California.
According to the California Interscholastic Federation, a
total of 735,503 students (437,592 boys and 297,911 girls)
participated in athletics through this organization in 2007.
Since the initial funding for this program was never realized
and current statute is inoperative with respect to timelines,
this bill makes operative the PAAS program, as specified.
2)Should Proposition 98 funding be allocated directly to a
non-profit organization ? Proposition 98 (GF/98) funding is
allocated for local education agencies (LEAs) and community
colleges (CCs) to provide educational services to K-14 pupils.
Once this funding reaches LEAs or CCs, they may contract for
services they deem necessary to provide their pupils.
This bill makes operative the PAAS program, which provides GF/98
funds to non-profit organizations to provide athletic trainers
to secondary schools. The committee may consider allocating
funding under this program to LEAs with secondary schools for
the purpose of providing athletic trainers to their high
school athletes.
1)Categorical Program Flexibility . As part of the February 2009
budget process, LEAs were provided with unprecedented fiscal
and policy flexibility related to over 40 categorical
programs. Specifically, any LEA that received funding for
specified categorical programs in the 2008-09 fiscal year (FY)
is authorized to use this funding for any other educational
purpose until the 2012-13 FY. The LEA may choose to continue
operating the categorical program that it received funding for
or redirect it for any other educational purpose it deems
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appropriate.
In its current form, this measure does not include the PAAS
program in the categorical flexibility provided to the LEAs
through the budget. The committee may wish to consider whether
or not it is appropriate to establish a new categorical
program that is not treated in the same manner with regard to
flexibility as the majority of categorical programs. Likewise,
the committee may wish to consider whether or not it is
appropriate to establish a new program with the deteriorating
fiscal condition of the state.
2)Related legislation . AB 533 (Hayashi), pending in this
committee, amends the existing California High School Coaching
Education and Training program to require coaches be trained
in a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of
specified injuries, including those related to the head and
neck.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081