BILL NUMBER: SB 645	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

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  , and   . The act
 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   $54,000,000  more to the department
for purposes of the program  and would require the department to
proportionately adjust the maximum grant amounts and   those
related amounts to reflect this appropriation  . Commencing
with the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter,
the bill would appropriate  $73,260,000  
$72,000,000  more to the department for purposes of the program
 and would require the department to proportionately adjust the
maximum grant amounts and those related amounts to reflect this
appropriation  . 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) 
 fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000)  is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the department for purposes of
the program established pursuant to this article.  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. 
   (2) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, seventy-two million  two hundred sixty thousand
 dollars  ($73,260,000)   ($72,000,000)
 is hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund to
the department for purposes of the program established pursuant to
this article.  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. 
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 
 twenty-two  million  two hundred sixty thousand
 dollars  ($623,260,000)  
($622,000,000)  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  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 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.