BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 798| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 798 Author: DeSaulnier (D) Amended: 8/18/10 Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/22/09 AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado, Padilla, Simitian, Wyland SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-3, 1/21/10 AYES: Kehoe, Corbett, Leno, Liu, Price, Yee NOES: Cox, Denham, Walters SENATE FLOOR : 31-6, 1/28/10 AYES: Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo, Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Harman, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Wiggins, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee NOES: Aanestad, Cox, Denham, Dutton, Hollingsworth, Walters NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Huff, Vacancy ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-22, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : 21st Century Community Learning Centers program SOURCE : Partnership for Children and Youth League of California Afterschool Providers CONTINUED SB 798 Page 2 DIGEST : This bill specifies that in any fiscal year in which the total state appropriation for the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center program for that fiscal year exceeds the total state appropriation for FY 2008-09, the excess amount shall be allocated on a priority basis for direct grants to community learning centers through a specified formula. Assembly Amendments (1) revises language with regard to directs grants to community learning centers being allocated any excess funds from the total amount appropriated to instead be allocated from state funds, and (2) require priority for funds allocated to programs serving elementary and middle school pupils to be given to programs with expiring grants; ANALYSIS : The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCCL) is a federally funded before and after school program that provides disadvantaged K-12 pupils (50 percent or more eligibility for free and reduced-price meals) with academic enrichment and support. California's After School Education and Safety (ASES) program and 21st CCCL programs are nearly identical and can operate in tandem. Both programs are administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. California receives approximately $130 million annually in federal 21st CCCL funds. However, California is currently funding $160 million worth of grants due to the availability of carryover funds. According to the statutorily required split between programs for elementary and middle school pupils and programs for high school pupils, 21st CCCL programs serving high school pupils are currently funded with $80 million. Existing Law 1.Establishes a daily rate for both elementary and middle school programs of $7.50 per pupil for the after school component, and $5 per pupil for the before school component. There is no daily rate for high school programs. 2.Caps total grant amounts as follows: SB 798 Page 3 A. For the after school component: i) $112,500 for elementary school programs. ii) $150,000 for middle school programs. B. For the before school component: i) $37,500 for elementary school programs. ii) $49,000 for middle school programs. 4. Provides that the grant amount for high school programs is $250,000. This bill: 1.Specifies that any amount exceeding the FY 2008-09 state appropriation shall be allocated as follows: A. 35% to community learning centers serving high school pupils. B. 50% to community learning centers serving elementary and middle school pupils. C. 25% to summer programs serving elementary and middle school pupils. 2.Specifies that the appropriation for the new funding formula pursuant to this bill shall be allocated after funds have been appropriated to the California Department of Education (CDE) to provide technical assistance, evaluation and training services. 3.Specifies that priority for 21st CCCL program funding shall be given to programs with expiring grants if those programs have satisfactorily met projected pupil outcomes as required by the After School Education and Safety Program specified in existing law. Prior legislation SB 638 (Torlakson), Chapter 380, Statues of 2006, among other things, increased grant amounts for ASES programs. While SB 638 did not directly address 21st Century programs, current law provides that grant amounts for ASES and 21st Century programs are to be the same. Existing law SB 798 Page 4 specifies that five percent of the federal funds shall be provided to the CDE for administrative purposes that include FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee: Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund 21st Century Directs future funding, no new costs Federal SUPPORT : (Verified 8/24/10) Partnership for Children and Youth (co-source) League of California After-school Providers (co-source) After School All-Stars LA Aim High Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Third District Aspiranet Association of California School Administrators Breakthrough Collaborative Boys & Girls Clubs California Alliance Boys & Girls Clubs Garden Grove Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor California Food Policy Advocates California School Boards Association Central Valley Afterschool Foundation Children Now Conservation Corps of Long Beach Coachella Valley Unified School District, Afterschool Program Contra Costa County CyberMill Technology Center City of Sacramento Desert Sands Unified School District Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California Girls Incorporated of Alameda County SB 798 Page 5 Junior Leagues of California LA's BEST Long Beach Unified School District, Wrap After School Program Los Angeles County Office of Education Rio Hondo Boys & Girls Club San Bernardino City Unified School District San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their Families San Juan Unified School District Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center Team Prime Time Watts/Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club West Contra Costa Unified School District Woodcraft Rangers A World Fit For Kids YMCA of East Bay, West Contra Costa Branch OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/24/10) California Right to Life Committee, Inc. ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The Los Angeles County Office of Education states, "There are over 1,300 after school sites within Los Angeles County which are funded through the 21st Century Community Learning Center grants and/or the federal After School Education and Safety Program. Students at all levels: elementary, middle and high schools participate in these programs. These sites serve over 130,000 students in Los Angeles County and provide employment to over 10,000 individuals. Many programs in Los Angeles County have operated summer programs for six hours per day and have struggled to find the funding for the additional three hours as the grant currently only allows for three hours of programming, which does not meet the safety and enrichment needs of the students or the safety and child care needs of the parents. Raising the rate per day would allow more students to continue their academic and enrichment learning while staying safe while parents are at work. Recently, the number of applications from elementary and middle schools within Los Angeles County has greatly outnumbered the high school application, yet the funding distribution was 50/50 for both. This provision would allow a more adequate allocation of funds based on the number of schools SB 798 Page 6 within each of these categories." ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : The California Right to Life Committee, Inc, in opposition, states "These programs are being authorized by the state in compliance with federal mandates for federal funding of programs to surround children with continual manipulation of social and educational values inimical to the stability of the family?..This bill is a drain on the economy, a meaningless environment for our children and merely provides money in the pockets of professional babysitters. This is not education, this is behavior modification and it is a blemish on the face of education in our state." ASSEMBLY FLOOR : AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Galgiani, Gatto, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nestande, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada, John A. Perez NOES: Adams, Anderson, Tom Berryhill, Cook, DeVore, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Conway, Furutani, Hall, Nava, Norby, Vacancy, Vacancy CPM:cm 8/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****