BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: August 4, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 798 (DeSaulnier) - As Amended: June 24, 2010
Policy Committee: EducationVote:7-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill establishes funding priorities for excess federal
funds received to operate the federal 21st Century Community
Learning Centers (21st CCLC), as specified. Specifically, this
bill:
Requires, in any fiscal year (FY) in which the total federal
appropriation exceeds the federal appropriation for the 2008-09
FY, the excess amount be allocated according to the following
priorities:
1)35% to 21st CCCLC programs serving high school pupils.
2)25% to 21st CCLC program serving elementary and middle school
pupils.
3)15% to summer programs serving elementary and middle school
pupils.
FISCAL EFFECT
This bill alters the current funding formula for federal
carryover funds for the 21st CCCLC program to include a
specified amount of funding (15%) for summer programs. This
will result in a redistribution of funding because in the past
federal carryover funds have been distributed based on current
law.
According the State Department of Education (SDE), the following
chart details the amount of carryover allocated since the
2008-09 FY.
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| |2008-09 FY |2009-10 FY | 2010-11 |
| | | | FY* |
|---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------|
|Carryover | $40.35 | $40.0 | $44.66 |
|funds | million | million | million |
|---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------|
|Total | $169.7 | $169.4 | $174 |
|Allocation | million | million |million |
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*As proposed in the governor's January 2010 budget.
COMMENTS
1)Background . The federal 21st CCLC program, established by the
federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, provides five-year
grant funding to establish or expand before and after school
programs for disadvantaged K-12 students. The purpose of the
programs is to provide academic enrichment opportunities and
supportive services to help students meet state and local
standards in core content areas. The program also provides
family literacy and related educational services to the
community.
Local educational agencies (LEAs), cities, counties,
community-based organizations, and other public or private
entities (which may include faith-based organizations) are
eligible to receive funding for this program, contingent upon
a federal fund appropriation for this purpose. According to
SDE, there were 485 21st CCLC after school programs operating
at middle and elementary schools and 349 21st CCLC after
school programs operating at high schools in 2009-10.
2)Purpose . According to the author, the original 21st CCLC
program "implementation plan did not accommodate the range of
needs throughout the year, including services during periods
when the school is closed (e.g. vacation periods,
intersession). Currently children can receive substantial
academic and enrichment benefits during the 9 months of the
regular school year, then lose ground during the 2 -3 months
of summer vacation. [This bill] will make improvements to
California's 21st CCLC program so that federal dollars coming
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to California for quality after school programs more
effectively target students' and families' needs for after
school services."
3)Existing law requires 21st CCLC program funds be allocated as
follows:
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| | |
| % of Federal | Use of funds |
| Fund | |
| Allocation | |
| | |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| | |
|At least 50% |Allocated for direct grants (up to $250,000) to |
| |21st Century High School After School Safety and |
| |Enrichment programs serving high school pupils |
| |for a minimum of 15 hrs per week. |
| | |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| | |
|At least 40% |Allocated for 21st CCLC programs serving |
| |elementary and middle school pupils, which |
| |operate for a minimum of 15 hrs per week and any |
| |combination of summer, intercession, or vacation |
| |periods for a minimum of 3 hrs per day. |
| | |
|---------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| | |
|10% |Allocated for: (a) direct grants to provide |
| |equitable access and participation in 21st CCLC |
| |programs ($25,000) and (b) grants to provide |
| |family literacy services ($20,000). |
| | |
| | |
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Statute also authorizes 21st CCLC programs to be eligible
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grants to operate in summer, intercession, or vacation. This
bill changes the current funding formula for any carryover
funds the state receives to operate this program, as
specified.
4)The After School Education Safety (ASES) program , as renamed
and revised by Proposition 49 in 2002, funds the establishment
of local before and after school education and enrichment
programs. These programs are created through partnerships
between schools and local community resources to provide
literacy, academic enrichment and safe alternatives for
students in kindergarten through ninth grade. Funding is
designed to: (a) maintain existing before and after school
program funding and (b) provide eligibility to all elementary
and middle schools that submit quality applications throughout
California.
The governor's January 2010 proposed budget provides $547
million GF/98 for the ASES program.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081