Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate Bill No. 645

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 amended, 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 begin delete , and end delete begin insert . The act end insert specifies the maximum grant amount and related amounts for each of these grants begin delete . The existing act end delete begin insert , end insert 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 begin delete $36,630,000 end delete begin insert $54,000,000 end insert more to the department for purposes of the program begin insert and would require the department to proportionately adjust the maximum grant amounts and those related amounts to reflect this appropriation end insert . Commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the bill would appropriate begin delete $73,260,000 end delete begin insert $72,000,000 end insert more to the department for purposes of the program begin insert and would require the department to proportionately adjust the maximum grant amounts and those related amounts to reflect this appropriation end insert . 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, begin delete thirty-six million
six hundred thirty thousand dollars ($36,630,000) end delete begin insert fifty-four million
dollars ($54,000,000) end insert is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the department for purposes of the program established
pursuant to this article. begin insert The department shall proportionately adjust
the dollar amounts for grant amounts and per pupil per day
formulas specified in Sections 8482.55, 8483.7, 8483.75, and
8483.76 by an amount necessary to reflect this appropriation. end insert

(2) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, seventy-two million begin delete two hundred sixty thousand end delete dollars
begin delete ($73,260,000) end delete begin insert ($72,000,000) end insert is hereby continuously appropriated
from the General Fund to the department for purposes of the
program established pursuant to this article. begin insert The department shall
proportionately adjust the dollar amounts for grant amounts and
per pupil per day formulas specified in Sections 8482.55, 8483.7,
8483.75, and 8483.76 by an amount necessary to reflect this
appropriation. end insert 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 begin delete twenty-three end delete
begin insert twenty-two end insert million begin delete two hundred sixty thousand end delete dollars
begin delete ($623,260,000) end delete begin insert ($622,000,000) end insert 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)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete Commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the department shall annually adjust the
dollar amounts begin insert for grant amounts and per pupil per day formulas end insert
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.