BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 8, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 1385 (Hancock) - As Amended: June 19, 2012
Policy Committee: Education Vote:7-4
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill establishes the California After School Teacher
Pipeline (CASTP) program, until July 1, 2020, to recruit
qualified after school instructors to participate on a pilot
basis in the California Paraprofessional Teacher Training (CPTT)
program. Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires $150,000 in After School Education and Safety (ASES)
program administration funding, from the 2013-14 fiscal year
(FY) to the 2019-20 FY, to be annually transferred from the
State Department of Education (SDE) to the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing (CTC) for the CASTP program.
2)Requires the CTC to select up to four applicants currently
receiving CPTT program funds to participate in the CASTP
program. Defines applicant as a school district or county
office of education receiving funds under the CPTT program and
applying for funds under the CASTP program.
3)Requires the CTC to award a grant to selected CASTP program
participants that does not exceed $3,500 per pilot
participant, per year. Defines pilot participant as an after
school instructor who elects to participate in the CPTT
program and the CASTP program.
4)Authorizes the CTC to award funding for regular after school
instructors (an employee who meets the minimum standards of
the paraprofessional job classification and who is employed in
an after school program) to the extent that funds cover all
costs associated with instructor participation in the pilot,
as specified.
5)Requires the CTC to include specified information from the
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CASTP program in the annual report required under the CPTT
program that is submitted to the Legislature. Further
requires the CTC, before January 1, 2017, to report to the
Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)
regarding the CASTP program, as specified.
FISCAL EFFECT
1)Reallocation of $150,000 GF/98 administrative funds from the
ASES program to the CTC to establish the CASTP program. For
the 2012-13FY, SDE will receive approximately $8.25 million
GF/98 for administrative duties associated with the ASES
program. Of this amount, approximately $3 million goes
directly to SDE and the remaining amount, $5.25 million,
provides technical assistance to ASES grantees through various
entities.
2)GF/98 cost pressure, likely in excess of $3.5 million, for the
CASTP program to serve approximately five percent of after
school staff in the state. While the bill does provide
$150,000 GF/98 for this program (including $5,000 for
administration to the CTC), this will only serve a total of 41
after-school staff at a rate of $3,500. There are
approximately 20,000 after school staff in the state.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . The 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.
According to the author, "Recent retirement and attrition
rates indicate that California will have to recruit, train,
and retain over 100,000 new teachers in the next ten years to
off-set the teacher shortage in California. Many after school
program staff are well suited and qualified to enter a teacher
training program; however, not all are employed by a local
education agency (LEAs) �i.e., school district or COE]. Under
current law, only employees of LEAs are eligible to
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participate in the CPTT program. This bill would enable after
school program employees of a school's partner agencies, such
as a city, county, or non-profit organization to be eligible
in the pilot sites."
2)The California Paraprofessional Teacher Training (CPTT)
program , administered by the CTC, provides funding to LEAs to
defray the expenses of paraprofessional participants
completing requirements for a preliminary teaching credential.
Program participants are required to commit to completing
credential requirements and one year of classroom instruction
in the school district or COE, and in exchange they receive
assistance for books, fees and tuition while attending an
institution of higher education. Candidates who do not fulfill
these requirements must repay all of the assistance received
from the program. LEAs receive $3,500 per participant for this
program.
3)CTC fiscal issues . The CTC is projected to have a $5 million
operating deficit in the 2012-13 FY. This deficit is largely
attributed to the loss of revenue generated from teacher
credentialing fees. The governor's proposed 2012-13 budget
addressed this shortfall by: (a) increasing the teacher
credential fee from $55 to $70, to generate an additional $3
million in revenue; (b) increasing teacher testing fees for an
estimated $500,000 in additional revenue; and (c) making $1.5
million in staff reductions, which eliminates over 17
positions.
Given the CTC's budgetary difficulties, the committee may wish
to consider whether it is the appropriate time to add
additional program responsibilities to the commission.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081