BILL NUMBER: AB 2178	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torlakson

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 8484 of, and to add Section 8484.1 to, the
Education Code, relating to the After School Education and Safety
Program.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2178, as introduced, Torlakson. After School Education and
Safety Program.
   (1) Existing law establishes the After School Education and Safety
Program for the purpose of creating incentives for establishing
locally driven before and after school enrichment programs both
during schooldays and summer, intersession, or vacation days that
partner public schools and communities to provide academic and
literacy support and safe, constructive alternatives for youth.
Existing law authorizes a program to operate a before school
component, an after school component, or both the before and after
school components, on one or multiple schoolsites. Existing law
awards grants to qualified applicants.
   This bill, to the extent consistent with federal and state privacy
laws, would authorize local educational agency grantees funded
pursuant to the After School Education and Safety Program to submit
specified data to each operator of an after school program.
   (2) Existing law, as required by the State Department of
Education, requires programs established pursuant to the After School
Education and Safety Program to submit annual outcome-based data for
evaluation, as specified. Existing law requires the department to
develop standardized tools and procedures to collect this data.
   This bill would require that these tools and procedures be
developed consistent with specified provisions of law.
   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 8484 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   8484.  (a) As required by the department, programs established
pursuant to this article shall submit annual outcome-based data for
evaluation, including research-based indicators and measurable pupil
outcomes for academic performance, attendance, and positive
behavioral changes. The department may consider these outcomes when
determining eligibility for grant renewal.
   (1) To demonstrate program effectiveness, grantees shall submit
both of the following:
   (A) Schoolday attendance on an annual basis.
   (B) Program attendance.
   (2) To demonstrate program effectiveness based upon individual
program focus, programs shall submit one or more of the following
measures annually:
   (A) Positive behavioral changes, as reported by schoolday teachers
or after school staff who directly supervise pupils.
   (B)  Pupil  Standardized Testing and Reporting
(STAR) Program test scores.
   (C) Homework completion rates as reported by schoolday teachers or
after school staff who directly supervise pupils.
   (D) Skill development as reported by schoolday teachers or after
school staff who directly supervise pupils.
   (E) The department may develop additional measures for this
paragraph. Any additions shall be developed in consultation with the
evaluation committee of the advisory committee.
   (3) Programs shall submit information adopted through the process
outlined in subdivision (c).
   (b) (1) If a program consistently fails to demonstrate measurable
program outcomes for three consecutive years, the department may
terminate the program as described in subdivision (a) of Section
8483.7. The department shall consider multiple outcomes and not rely
on one outcome in isolation.
   (2) For purposes of this section, "consistently fails to
demonstrate measurable program outcomes" means failure to meet
program effectiveness requirements pursuant to the criteria in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).
   (3) Measurable program outcomes may be demonstrated by, but are
not limited to, the following methods:
   (A) Comparing pupils participating in the program to
nonparticipating pupils at the same schoolsite.
   (B) Pupils participating in the program demonstrate improvement on
one or more indicators collected by the program pursuant to this
paragraph.
   (4) For purposes of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a), program effectiveness may be demonstrated using
performance levels from the STAR Program by any of the following:
   (A) The grantee documents that the percentage of pupils performing
at the far below basic level declined.
   (B) The grantee documents that the percentage of pupils performing
above the far below basic and below basic levels increased.
   (C) The grantee documents that the percentage of pupils who
performed at or above the basic level increased.
   (D) The grantee documents that pupils participating in the program
performed better in a year-to-year comparison of the results of the
STAR Program than their peers who were not participating in the
program.
   (c)  (1)    The department shall develop
standardized procedures and tools to collect the indicators in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) . The department
  ,   consistent with the following:  

   (A) The reporting procedures required by Section 60900 for
purposes of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data
System.  
   (B) Program development, pursuant to this article. 
    (2)     The department  shall consult
with the evaluation committee of the Advisory Committee on Before and
After School Programs pursuant to Section 8484.9  and the
advisory board established pursuant to Section 60900  .
  SEC. 2.  Section 8484.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   8484.1.  To the extent consistent with federal and state privacy
laws, local educational agency grantees funded pursuant to this
article may submit the following pupil data to each operator of an
after school program:
   (a) School day attendance data.
   (b) Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program test scores,
and scores on individual California Standards tests.
   (c) High school exit examination scores.
   (d) English language development test placement or
reclassification scores.
   (e) California Healthy Kids Survey result data.