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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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