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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SB 614
          Author:   Kehoe (D)
          Amended:  4/26/11
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  8-1, 4/13/11
          AYES:  Lowenthal, Alquist, Hancock, Huff, Liu, Price, 
            Simitian, Vargas
          NOES:  Runner
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Blakeslee, Vacancy


           SUBJECT  :    After School Education and Safety Program:  
          self-defense
                      training

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes After School Education and 
          Safety Programs to offer age- and gender-appropriate 
          self-defense and safety awareness training.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law, the After School Education and 
          Safety Program Act of 2002, enacted by Proposition 49, 
          establishes the After School Education and Safety Program 
          (ASES) to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, 
          inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, 
          junior high, and charter schools.  Funds for this program 
          are continuously appropriated form the General Fund to the 
          California Department of Education (CDE) and are allocated 
          to grant recipients who operate local programs at 
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          participating school sites.  As a condition of receiving 
          funding, applicants must certify their programs will 
          include certain components, including opportunities for 
          physical activity.  ASES Programs receive direct grants, 
          where attendance is projected and grants are funded 
          up-front, in three one-year increments.

          Maximum total grants are based on $7.50 per pupil per day 
          of attendance, for a maximum total of $37.50 per pupil per 
          week.  Maximum total annual grants are as follows:

          1.$112,500 for elementary school program
          2.$150,000 for middle or junior high school programs.

          Maximum total grants for programs that operate a before 
          school component are based on $5 per pupil per day, with a 
          maximum total grand of $25 per pupil per week.  Maximum 
          total annual grants for before school components are as 
          follows:

          1.$37,500 for elementary school programs.
          2.$49,000 for middle or junior high school programs.

          ASES programs operating at large schools have maximum total 
          grants that exceed the amounts listed above.  ASES programs 
          that operate in excess of 180 regular schooldays or during 
          any combination of summer, intersession, or vacation 
          periods may be eligible for a supplemental grant.

          Existing law requires the State Board of Education (SBE) 
          and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials 
          Commission to include self-defense and safety instruction 
          in the next revision of the physical education framework 
          for pupils in grades 7-12.

          The process for reviewing frameworks and adopting 
          instructional materials has been suspended since July 2009, 
          pursuant to AB X2 2 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009, 
          Fourth Extraordinary Session, which among other things, 
          prohibited the SBE from reviewing frameworks and adopting 
          instructional materials until the 2013-14 school year.  AB 
          X2 2 also extended to the 2012-13 fiscal year the 
          suspension of the requirement to purchase instructional 
          materials within any specific period of time following 

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          adoption of those materials by the SBE.

          SB 70 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 
          7, Statutes of 2011, extended the suspension of the 
          framework and instructional materials process by two years 
          until the 2015-16 school year.

          This bill:

          1.Specifies that opportunities for physical activity 
            provided by an ASES program may include age- and 
            gender-appropriate self-defense and safety awareness 
            training.

          3.Declares that the Legislature finds that the amendments 
            to the After School Education and Safety Program Act of 
            2002 proposed by this bill further the purpose of the 
            existing act and thus may be accomplished by majority 
            vote.

           Related and Prior Legislation

           SB 429 (De Saulnier),  2011-12 Session, allows after school 
          programs to offer a six-hour program using existing 
          supplemental grant funds.  (In Senate Appropriations 
          Committee)

          SB 1290 (Kehoe), Chapter 703, Statutes of 2010, requires 
          the SBE and the Curriculum Development Commission and 
          Supplemental Materials Commission to include self-defense 
          and safety instruction in the next revision of the physical 
          education framework.  Passed the Senate with a vote of 30-3 
          on August 25, 2010.

          AB 434 (Block), Chapter 229, Statutes of 2010, authorizes 
          the cost of an ASES program site supervisor to be included 
          as direct services, provide that at least 85 percent of the 
          site supervisor's time is spent on the program site.  
          Passed the Senate with a vote of 34-0 on August 23, 2010.

          AB 2075 (Hall), 2009-10 Session, would have established 
          specific time and content requirements for physical 
          activity in an ASES Program.  (Held in Assembly 
          Appropriations Committee)

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          AB 2843 (Karnette), 2007-08 Session, would have authorized 
          foreign language instruction in an ASES Program.  Passed 
          the Senate with a vote of 34-0 on July 10, 2008.  The bill 
          was subsequently vetoed by then-Governor Schwarzenegger.

          SB 707 (Kehoe), Chapter 553, Statutes of 2005, specified 
          funding authority for ASES program administration.  Passed 
          the Senate with a vote of 31-8 on September 5, 2005.

          AB 1949 (Hancock), 2003-04 Session, would have authorized 
          staff development days for ASES programs.  (Held in 
          Assembly Appropriations Committee)

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   
          Local:  No


           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    According to the author's office, 
          the increasing number of students who are becoming victims 
          of violent crime at younger and younger ages suggests that 
          schools can and should have a role in educating students 
          about personal safety.  SB 1290 (Kehoe), Chapter 703, 
          Statutes of 2010, addressed this in part, by requiring the 
          SBE and the Curriculum and Supplemental Materials 
          Commission to include content relating to self-defense 
          instruction and safety awareness in the next update of the 
          physical education curriculum framework.  As it will be a 
          few years before the SBE can accomplish these revisions to 
          the P.E. framework.  This bill enables students to more 
          quickly get this training by specifying that the physical 
          activity component of an ASES program may include age and 
          gender-appropriate self-defense.


          CPM:cm  5/4/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

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