BILL NUMBER: SB 645	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 8483.73 to, the Education Code, relating to
after school programs, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 645, as introduced, Hancock. After school programs: grant
amounts.
   Existing law, 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 existing act provides that
each school establishing a program pursuant to the act is eligible to
receive a renewable 3-year grant for before or after school
programs, as provided, and a grant for operating a program beyond 180
regular schooldays or during summer, weekend, intersession, or
vacation periods, as provided, and specifies the maximum grant amount
and related amounts for each of these grants. The existing act
provides a formula for determining an amount to be continuously
appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of
Education for purposes of the program, and authorizes the Legislature
to appropriate additional funds for purposes of the program.
   This bill would, for the 2015-16 fiscal year, appropriate
$36,630,000 more to the department for purposes of the program.
Commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, the bill would appropriate $73,260,000 more to the
department for purposes of the program. The bill would, commencing
with the 2017-18 fiscal year, require the Department of Finance to
annually adjust that amount using a specified calculation, provided
that adjustment does not result in a reduction. The bill would, also
commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, require the State Department
of Education to annually adjust the maximum grant amounts and those
related amounts to reflect the percentage change in the California
Consumer Price Index, provided that adjustment does not result in a
reduction. The bill also would provide that funds appropriated by the
bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for
school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8483.73 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   8483.73.  (a) (1) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, thirty-six million
six hundred thirty thousand dollars ($36,630,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the department for purposes of
the program established pursuant to this article.
   (2) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, seventy-two million two hundred sixty thousand dollars
($73,260,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the General
Fund to the department for purposes of the program established
pursuant to this article. Commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year,
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Finance shall
adjust this amount by adding the product of six hundred twenty-three
million two hundred sixty thousand dollars ($623,260,000) times the
percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index from the
2016-17 fiscal year, provided that adjustment does not result in a
reduction in any fiscal year.
   (b) (1) Commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, and each fiscal
year thereafter, the department shall annually adjust the dollar
amounts specified in Sections 8482.55, 8483.7, 8483.75, and 8483.76
by an amount necessary to reflect the percentage change in the
California Consumer Price Index from the 2016-17 fiscal year,
provided that adjustment does not result in a reduction in any fiscal
year.
   (c) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations
made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues
appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they were appropriated,
and included within the "total allocations to school districts and
community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes
appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in subdivision
(e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they were
appropriated.