BILL ANALYSIS Ķ ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 645| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: SB 645 Author: Hancock (D) Amended: 6/2/15 Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 7-1, 4/8/15 AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Pan, Vidak NOES: Huff SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 5-2, 5/28/15 AYES: Lara, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza NOES: Bates, Nielsen SUBJECT: After school programs: grant amounts SOURCE: California After School Coalition DIGEST: This bill requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to proportionately adjust grant amounts for the After School Education and Safety program, to the extent funding is provided in the annual Budget Act. ANALYSIS: Existing law establishes: 1)The After School Education and Safety (ASES) program, consisting of before and after school academic enrichment. Priority for funding is granted to schools where at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced price meals. ASES programs receive direct grants, where attendance is SB 645 Page 2 projected and grants are funded up-front, in three one-year increments. (Education Code § 8482, 8482.4, and § 8482.5) 2)Grant awards as follows: a) The maximum total direct grant awarded annually for an after school program as $112,500 for each regular school year for elementary schools and $150,000 for middle or junior high schools (based on a formula of $7.50 per student per day of attendance, at a maximum of $37.50 per student per week). (EC § 8482.55 and § 8483.7) b) The maximum total grant awarded annually for a before school program as $37,500 for each regular school year for elementary schools and $49,000 for middle or junior high schools (based on a formula of $5 per student per day of attendance, at a maximum of $25 per student per week). (EC § 8483.75) c) A summer grant to operate the program in excess of 180 days or during any combination of summer, intersession, or vacation for a maximum of the lesser of: i) $7.50 per student per day; or, ii) 30% of the total grant amount awarded to the school per school year; or, iii) $33,750 for elementary schools and $45,000 for middle or junior high schools. (EC § 8483.7 and § 8483.76) Existing law appropriates, continuously, to CDE $550 million from the General Fund for the ASES program. (EC § 8483.5) This bill requires CDE to proportionately adjust grant amounts for the ASES program, to the extent funding is provided in the annual Budget Act. Comments Budget issue. The Education Code requires the continuous SB 645 Page 3 appropriation of $550 million from the General Fund to the CDE for the ASES program. A prior version of this bill proposed to increase that appropriation annually and provide an annual cost of living adjustment. The Governor's proposed 2015-16 Budget does not provide an increased appropriation for the ASES program, nor does either legislative version of the Budget Act. Family fees. Current law does not require ASES programs to charge family fees or to conduct individual eligibility determinations based on need or income. It appears that ASES programs have the ability to charge family fees; however, it is unlikely that many programs charge fees, or reap significant fees, as ASES programs serve schools where a minimum of 50% of the students are eligible for free- or reduced-price meals, and funding priority is given to programs serving the highest percentages of students who are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Subcommittee hearing. The Senate Education Subcommittee on Community Schools held an informational hearing on March 25, 2015, featuring a panel on after school and out-of-school programs. This panel provided testimony relative to the effects the increases in minimum wage will have on the statutory funding levels and caps on per student daily rates for ASES programs. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, this bill imposes unknown cost pressure to provide additional funding for the ASES program SUPPORT: (Verified6/1/15) California After School Coalition (source) Alhambra Afterschool Adventures Alhambra Unified School District ARC SB 645 Page 4 Aspiranet Bay Area Community Resources Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Redlands-Riverside California Educational Centers California School - Age Consortium California State Alliance of YMCAs California Teaching Fellows Foundation Children's Initiative Citizen Schools City of Moreno Valley City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department Coaching Corps Compton Unified School District Conservation Corps of Long Beach Empire Union School District Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California Institute for Student Success, Inc. LA's Best After School Enrichment Lassen County Office of Education LEAD ASES Assistant, Site Coordinator, Bernardo Height Middle School Los Angeles County Office of Education Merced County Office of Education Mission: Readiness - Military Leaders for Kids Mountain View School District, Family Engagement & After School Programs Oakland Unified School District Options Enrichment Program Para Los Niņos Charter Partnership for Children & Youth Patterson Joint Unified School District, After School Programs Reach for the Stars Recreation Association of Corcoran Sacramento START Student Success Institute, Inc. Summerville School District Think Together TOSA/Program Coordinator/ Poway Unified School District Twin Peaks Middle School, Site Coordinator ASES Programs YMCA Central Coast YMCA of Greater Whittier YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles YMCA of San Diego County SB 645 Page 5 YMCA of the East Bay Youth Alliance OPPOSITION: (Verified6/1/15) None received ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: According to the Partnership for Children & Youth, the costs, demands, and expectations of expended learning (after school and summer) programs have been consistently increasing since the passage of Proposition 49, yet the funding has remained stagnant. Since 2006, the California consumer price index has increased by more than 17%, the state minimum wage was raised to $9 per hour, and will soon be raised to $10 per hour. Over the same time period, the ASES daily rate of $7.50 per student has not increased and there is no legal authority for a cost of living adjustment. Research has shown that on average it costs at least $21-24 per day per student to operate a high-quality after school program. Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105 6/2/15 22:26:47 **** END ****