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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 798
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 8/18/10
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/22/09
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Maldonado,
Padilla, Simitian, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-3, 1/21/10
AYES: Kehoe, Corbett, Leno, Liu, Price, Yee
NOES: Cox, Denham, Walters
SENATE FLOOR : 31-6, 1/28/10
AYES: Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo, Cogdill, Corbett,
Correa, DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Harman,
Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Maldonado, Negrete McLeod,
Oropeza, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Runner,
Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Wiggins, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NOES: Aanestad, Cox, Denham, Dutton, Hollingsworth,
Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Huff, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 50-22, 8/23/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : 21st Century Community Learning Centers program
SOURCE : Partnership for Children and Youth
League of California Afterschool Providers
CONTINUED
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DIGEST : This bill specifies that in any fiscal year in
which the total state appropriation for the federal 21st
Century Community Learning Center program for that fiscal
year exceeds the total state appropriation for FY 2008-09,
the excess amount shall be allocated on a priority basis
for direct grants to community learning centers through a
specified formula.
Assembly Amendments (1) revises language with regard to
directs grants to community learning centers being
allocated any excess funds from the total amount
appropriated to instead be allocated from state funds, and
(2) require priority for funds allocated to programs
serving elementary and middle school pupils to be given to
programs with expiring grants;
ANALYSIS : The 21st Century Community Learning Centers
(21st CCCL) is a federally funded before and after school
program that provides disadvantaged K-12 pupils (50 percent
or more eligibility for free and reduced-price meals) with
academic enrichment and support. California's After School
Education and Safety (ASES) program and 21st CCCL programs
are nearly identical and can operate in tandem. Both
programs are administered by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction. California receives approximately $130
million annually in federal 21st CCCL funds. However,
California is currently funding $160 million worth of
grants due to the availability of carryover funds.
According to the statutorily required split between
programs for elementary and middle school pupils and
programs for high school pupils, 21st CCCL programs serving
high school pupils are currently funded with $80 million.
Existing Law
1.Establishes a daily rate for both elementary and middle
school programs of $7.50 per pupil for the after school
component, and $5 per pupil for the before school
component. There is no daily rate for high school
programs.
2.Caps total grant amounts as follows:
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A. For the after school component:
i) $112,500 for elementary school programs.
ii) $150,000 for middle school programs.
B. For the before school component:
i) $37,500 for elementary school programs.
ii) $49,000 for middle school programs.
4. Provides that the grant amount for high school programs
is $250,000.
This bill:
1.Specifies that any amount exceeding the FY 2008-09 state
appropriation shall be allocated as follows:
A. 35% to community learning centers serving high
school pupils.
B. 50% to community learning centers serving
elementary and middle school pupils.
C. 25% to summer programs serving elementary and
middle school pupils.
2.Specifies that the appropriation for the new funding
formula pursuant to this bill shall be allocated after
funds have been appropriated to the California Department
of Education (CDE) to provide technical assistance,
evaluation and training services.
3.Specifies that priority for 21st CCCL program funding
shall be given to programs with expiring grants if those
programs have satisfactorily met projected pupil outcomes
as required by the After School Education and Safety
Program specified in existing law.
Prior legislation
SB 638 (Torlakson), Chapter 380, Statues of 2006, among
other things, increased grant amounts for ASES programs.
While SB 638 did not directly address 21st Century
programs, current law provides that grant amounts for ASES
and 21st Century programs are to be the same. Existing law
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specifies that five percent of the federal funds shall be
provided to the CDE for administrative purposes that
include
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
21st Century Directs future funding, no
new costs Federal
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/24/10)
Partnership for Children and Youth (co-source)
League of California After-school Providers (co-source)
After School All-Stars LA
Aim High
Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Third District
Aspiranet
Association of California School Administrators
Breakthrough Collaborative
Boys & Girls Clubs California Alliance
Boys & Girls Clubs Garden Grove
Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor
California Food Policy Advocates
California School Boards Association
Central Valley Afterschool Foundation
Children Now
Conservation Corps of Long Beach
Coachella Valley Unified School District, Afterschool
Program
Contra Costa County
CyberMill Technology Center
City of Sacramento
Desert Sands Unified School District
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County
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Junior Leagues of California
LA's BEST
Long Beach Unified School District, Wrap After School
Program
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Rio Hondo Boys & Girls Club
San Bernardino City Unified School District
San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their
Families
San Juan Unified School District
Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
Team Prime Time
Watts/Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Woodcraft Rangers
A World Fit For Kids
YMCA of East Bay, West Contra Costa Branch
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/24/10)
California Right to Life Committee, Inc.
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The Los Angeles County Office of
Education states, "There are over 1,300 after school sites
within Los Angeles County which are funded through the 21st
Century Community Learning Center grants and/or the federal
After School Education and Safety Program. Students at all
levels: elementary, middle and high schools participate in
these programs. These sites serve over 130,000 students in
Los Angeles County and provide employment to over 10,000
individuals. Many programs in Los Angeles County have
operated summer programs for six hours per day and have
struggled to find the funding for the additional three
hours as the grant currently only allows for three hours of
programming, which does not meet the safety and enrichment
needs of the students or the safety and child care needs of
the parents. Raising the rate per day would allow more
students to continue their academic and enrichment learning
while staying safe while parents are at work. Recently,
the number of applications from elementary and middle
schools within Los Angeles County has greatly outnumbered
the high school application, yet the funding distribution
was 50/50 for both. This provision would allow a more
adequate allocation of funds based on the number of schools
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within each of these categories."
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : The California Right to Life
Committee, Inc, in opposition, states "These programs are
being authorized by the state in compliance with federal
mandates for federal funding of programs to surround
children with continual manipulation of social and
educational values inimical to the stability of the
family?..This bill is a drain on the economy, a meaningless
environment for our children and merely provides money in
the pockets of professional babysitters. This is not
education, this is behavior modification and it is a
blemish on the face of education in our state."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La
Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Galgiani, Gatto, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Monning, Nestande, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Tom Berryhill, Cook, DeVore,
Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey,
Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Niello, Nielsen, Silva,
Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Conway, Furutani, Hall, Nava,
Norby, Vacancy, Vacancy
CPM:cm 8/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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