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                                                          AB 798
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 798 (Wildman)
As Amended April 12, 1999
Majority vote 

  EDUCATION           15-0        APPROPRIATIONS      21-0        
  
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|Ayes:|Mazzoni, Campbell,        |Ayes:|Migden, Brewer, Ashburn,  |
|     |Alquist, Ashburn,         |     |Battin, Cedillo, Davis,   |
|     |Baldwin, Calderon,        |     |Pescetti, Hertzberg,      |
|     |Correa, Davis, Honda,     |     |Kuehl, Maldonado, Papan,  |
|     |Leach, Nakano, Robert     |     |Romero, Runner, Shelley,  |
|     |Pacheco, Scott, Wildman,  |     |Steinberg, Thomson,       |
|     |Zettel                    |     |Wesson, Wiggins, Wright,  |
|     |                          |     |Zettel, Aroner            |
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|     |                          |     |                          |
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  SUMMARY  :  Revises the funding formula for the education of  
adults incarcerated in county-based correction programs.   
Specifically,  this bill:   

1)Prohibits a school district or county board of education,  
  beginning with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, from claiming any  
  increase in average daily attendance (ADA) for the education  
  of adults incarcerated in county-based correction programs,  
  that is higher than any claimed in the previous five fiscal  
  years, multiplied by 1.025, unless the Legislature approves a  
  greater increase in the annual Budget Act.

2)Prohibits state funds to be allocated to a school district or  
  county board of education for ADA that has not been approved  
  by the Legislature.

3)Declares the provisions of this bill shall become operative on  
  July 1, 1999.

4)Declares inoperative the existing funding formula on July 1,  
  1999, and repeals that formula on January 1, 2000.

  FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown General Fund (Proposition 98) costs,  
potentially over $1.4 million to allow school districts to claim  
a higher calculation for funding for adults in correctional  
facilities, when such facilities decline in enrollment.








                                                          AB 798
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  COMMENTS  :   The 1998-99 Budget Act provided $15.6 million to  
reimburse local agencies for providing adult education to  
inmates in county correctional facilities, while only $14.2  
million was allocated by the State Department of Education for  
this purpose.  This discrepancy was due to the temporary closure  
of facilities for renovations and administrative reasons.  The  
current reimbursements are capped at a certain percentage.  When  
facilities reopen, the increase in adults served in the  
educational programs exceeds the cap.

"Correctional facilities," as used in this bill, includes any  
county jail, county industrial farm, or county or joint county  
road camp (i.e., county-based correction programs).  Instruction  
is provided in civics, vocations, literacy, health, homemaking,  
technical, and general education.

  Analysis Prepared by  :    Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916)319-2087 

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