BILL NUMBER: AB 1567	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        JANUARY 4, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 8482.6 and 8483 of, and to add Section
8483.95 to, the Education Code, relating to after school programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 8482.6 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   8482.6.  Every pupil attending a school operating a program
pursuant to this article is eligible to participate in the program,
subject to program capacity. A program established pursuant to this
article is not required to charge family fees or conduct individual
eligibility determination based on need or income.  If a program
established pursuant to this article does charge family fees, the
program shall not charge a fee to a family for a child who is
identified as a homeless youth, as defined by the federal
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et
seq.), or is a member of a CalWORKs assistance unit, as described in
subdivision (a) of Section 11265.45 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 8483 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   8483.  (a) (1) Every after school component of a program
established pursuant to this article shall commence immediately upon
the conclusion of the regular schoolday, and operate a minimum of 15
hours per week, and at least until 6 p.m. on every regular schoolday.
Every after school component of the program shall establish a policy
regarding reasonable early daily release of pupils from the program.
For those programs or schoolsites operating in a community where the
early release policy does not meet the unique needs of that
community or school, or both, documented evidence may be submitted to
the department for an exception and a request for approval of an
alternative plan.
   (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that elementary school
pupils participate in the full day of the program every day during
which pupils participate and that pupils in middle school or junior
high school attend a minimum of nine hours a week and three days a
week to accomplish program goals.
   (3) In order to develop an age-appropriate after school program
for pupils in middle school or junior high school, programs
established pursuant to this article may implement a flexible
attendance schedule for those pupils.  Priority for
enrollment of pupils in middle school or junior high school shall be
given to pupils who attend daily. 
   (b) The administrators of a program established pursuant to this
article have the option of operating during any combination of
summer, intersession, or vacation periods for a minimum of three
hours per day for the regular school year pursuant to Section 8483.7.

   (c) Priority for enrollment of pupils in an after school program
shall be as follows:  
   (1) First priority shall go to pupils who are identified as
homeless youth, as defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11301 et seq.).  
   (2) Second priority shall go to pupils who are members of a
CalWORKs assistance unit, as described in subdivision (a) of Section
11265.45 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.  
   (3) For programs serving middle and junior high school pupils,
third priority shall go to pupils who attend daily. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 8483.95 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   8483.95.  It is the intent of the Legislature that a program
established pursuant to this article shall not use its program
funding for food, other than food-related curriculum, unless it
applies for, and is rejected from receiving, federal money for
purposes of providing food to pupils in the program.
  SEC. 4.  The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers
the purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program Act of
2002.