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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 614
Author: Kehoe (D)
Amended: 4/26/11
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-1, 4/13/11
AYES: Lowenthal, Alquist, Hancock, Huff, Liu, Price,
Simitian, Vargas
NOES: Runner
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Vacancy
SUBJECT : After School Education and Safety Program:
self-defense
training
SOURCE : California National Organization for Women
DIGEST : This bill authorizes After School Education and
Safety Programs to offer age- and gender-appropriate
self-defense and safety awareness training.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, the After School Education and
Safety Program Act of 2002, enacted by Proposition 49,
establishes the After School Education and Safety Program
(ASES) to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9,
inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle,
junior high, and charter schools. Funds for this program
are continuously appropriated form the General Fund to the
California Department of Education (CDE) and are allocated
to grant recipients who operate local programs at
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participating school sites. As a condition of receiving
funding, applicants must certify their programs will
include certain components, including opportunities for
physical activity. ASES Programs receive direct grants,
where attendance is projected and grants are funded
up-front, in three one-year increments.
Maximum total grants are based on $7.50 per pupil per day
of attendance, for a maximum total of $37.50 per pupil per
week. Maximum total annual grants are as follows:
1.$112,500 for elementary school program
2.$150,000 for middle or junior high school programs.
Maximum total grants for programs that operate a before
school component are based on $5 per pupil per day, with a
maximum total grand of $25 per pupil per week. Maximum
total annual grants for before school components are as
follows:
1.$37,500 for elementary school programs.
2.$49,000 for middle or junior high school programs.
ASES programs operating at large schools have maximum total
grants that exceed the amounts listed above. ASES programs
that operate in excess of 180 regular schooldays or during
any combination of summer, intersession, or vacation
periods may be eligible for a supplemental grant.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education (SBE)
and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials
Commission to include self-defense and safety instruction
in the next revision of the physical education framework
for pupils in grades 7-12.
The process for reviewing frameworks and adopting
instructional materials has been suspended since July 2009,
pursuant to AB X2 2 (Evans), Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009,
Fourth Extraordinary Session, which among other things,
prohibited the SBE from reviewing frameworks and adopting
instructional materials until the 2013-14 school year. AB
X2 2 also extended to the 2012-13 fiscal year the
suspension of the requirement to purchase instructional
materials within any specific period of time following
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adoption of those materials by the SBE.
SB 70 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter
7, Statutes of 2011, extended the suspension of the
framework and instructional materials process by two years
until the 2015-16 school year.
This bill:
1.Specifies that opportunities for physical activity
provided by an ASES program may include age- and
gender-appropriate self-defense and safety awareness
training.
3.Declares that the Legislature finds that the amendments
to the After School Education and Safety Program Act of
2002 proposed by this bill further the purpose of the
existing act and thus may be accomplished by majority
vote.
Related and Prior Legislation
SB 429 (De Saulnier), 2011-12 Session, allows after school
programs to offer a six-hour program using existing
supplemental grant funds. (In Senate Appropriations
Committee)
SB 1290 (Kehoe), Chapter 703, Statutes of 2010, requires
the SBE and the Curriculum Development Commission and
Supplemental Materials Commission to include self-defense
and safety instruction in the next revision of the physical
education framework. Passed the Senate with a vote of 30-3
on August 25, 2010.
AB 434 (Block), Chapter 229, Statutes of 2010, authorizes
the cost of an ASES program site supervisor to be included
as direct services, provide that at least 85 percent of the
site supervisor's time is spent on the program site.
Passed the Senate with a vote of 34-0 on August 23, 2010.
AB 2075 (Hall), 2009-10 Session, would have established
specific time and content requirements for physical
activity in an ASES Program. (Held in Assembly
Appropriations Committee)
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AB 2843 (Karnette), 2007-08 Session, would have authorized
foreign language instruction in an ASES Program. Passed
the Senate with a vote of 34-0 on July 10, 2008. The bill
was subsequently vetoed by then-Governor Schwarzenegger.
SB 707 (Kehoe), Chapter 553, Statutes of 2005, specified
funding authority for ASES program administration. Passed
the Senate with a vote of 31-8 on September 5, 2005.
AB 1949 (Hancock), 2003-04 Session, would have authorized
staff development days for ASES programs. (Held in
Assembly Appropriations Committee)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/4/11)
California National Organization for Women (source)
California After School Coalition
California Association for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
the increasing number of students who are becoming victims
of violent crime at younger and younger ages suggests that
schools can and should have a role in educating students
about personal safety. SB 1290 (Kehoe), Chapter 703,
Statutes of 2010, addressed this in part, by requiring the
SBE and the Curriculum and Supplemental Materials
Commission to include content relating to self-defense
instruction and safety awareness in the next update of the
physical education curriculum framework. As it will be a
few years before the SBE can accomplish these revisions to
the P.E. framework. This bill enables students to more
quickly get this training by specifying that the physical
activity component of an ASES program may include age and
gender-appropriate self-defense.
CPM:cm 5/4/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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