BILL NUMBER: AB 2615	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wood

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 8483 of the Education Code, relating to
after school programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2615, as introduced, Wood. After school programs.
   Existing law 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 states that 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 9 hours a
week and 3 days a week to accomplish program goals.
   This bill would instead state that it is the intent of the
Legislature that elementary school and middle school or junior high
school pupils participate in the full day of the program every day
during which the pupils participate.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  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
 and middle school or junior high 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.   participate. 
   (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.