AB 1567, as introduced, Campos. After school programs: enrollment: fees.
The After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002, enacted by initiative statute, establishes the After School Education and Safety Program to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools. The act gives priority enrollment in after school programs to pupils in middle school or junior high school who attend daily.
This bill would instead give first priority enrollment to homeless youth, as defined, 2nd priority enrollment to pupils in CalWORKs assistance units, as described, and 3rd priority enrollment, for programs serving middle and junior high school pupils, to pupils who attend the program daily.
The act provides that an after school and before school program is not required to charge family fees or conduct individual eligibility determination based on need or income.
This bill would prohibit a program that charges family fees from charging a fee to a family for a child who is a homeless youth or who is a member of a CalWORKs assistance unit.
The act authorizes the Legislature to amend certain of its provisions to further its purposes by majority vote of each house.
The bill would set forth a legislative finding and declaration that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 8482.6 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
Every pupil attending a school operating a program
4pursuant to this article is eligible to participate in the program,
5subject to program capacity. A program established pursuant to
6this article is not required to charge family fees or conduct
7individual eligibility determination based on need or income.begin insert If a
8program established pursuant to this article does charge family
9fees, the program shall not charge a fee to a family for a child who
10is identified as a homeless youth, as defined by the federal
11McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301
12et seq.), or is a member of a CalWORKs assistance unit, as
13described in subdivision (a) of Section 11265.45 of the Welfare
14and Institutions Code. end insert
Section 8483 of the Education Code is amended to
16read:
(a) (1) Every after school component of a program
18established pursuant to this article shall commence immediately
19upon the conclusion of the regular schoolday, and operate a
20minimum of 15 hours per week, and at least until 6 p.m. on every
21regular schoolday. Every after school component of the program
22shall establish a policy regarding reasonable early daily release of
23pupils from the program. For those programs or schoolsites
24operating in a community where the early release policy does not
25meet the unique needs of that community or school, or both,
26documented evidence may be submitted to the department for an
27exception and a request for approval of an alternative plan.
28(2) It is the intent of the
Legislature that elementary school
29pupils participate in the full day of the program every day during
30which pupils participate and that pupils in middle school or junior
31high school attend a minimum of nine hours a week and three days
32a week to accomplish program goals.
P3 1(3) In order to develop an age-appropriate after school program
2for pupils in middle school or junior high school, programs
3established pursuant to this article may implement a flexible
4attendance schedule for those pupils.begin delete Priority for enrollment of
5pupils in middle school or junior high school shall be given to
6pupils who attend daily.end delete
7(b) The administrators of a program established pursuant to this
8article have the option of operating during any combination of
9summer, intersession, or vacation periods for a minimum of three
10hours
per day for the regular school year pursuant to Section
118483.7.
12(c) Priority for enrollment of pupils in an after school program
13shall be as follows:
14(1) First priority shall go to pupils who are identified as
15homeless youth, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento
16Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.).
17(2) Second priority shall go to pupils who are members of a
18CalWORKs assistance unit, as described in subdivision (a) of
19Section 11265.45 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
20(3) For programs serving middle and junior high school pupils,
21third priority shall go to pupils who attend daily.
Section 8483.95 is added to the Education Code, to
23read:
It is the intent of the Legislature that a program
25established pursuant to this article shall not use its program funding
26for food, other than food-related curriculum, unless it applies for,
27and is rejected from receiving, federal money for purposes of
28providing food to pupils in the program.
The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers
30the purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program
31Act of 2002.
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