SB 1385

Bill Subjects

Abstract

(1) Existing law, the After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002, enacted by initiative statute, establishes the After School Education and Safety Program to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools. The existing act makes 1.5% of the funds appropriated for purposes of that program available to the State Department of Education for specified purposes. This bill, for the 2013–14 fiscal year to the 2019–20 fiscal year, inclusive, would require the department to annually transfer $150,000 of those funds to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing through an interagency agreement for purposes of implementing the California After School Teacher Pipeline Program. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and school districts or county offices of education receiving program funds, as described in (2) , minimize administrative costs to ensure the greatest number of pilot participant grants. (2) Existing law establishes the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program for the purpose of recruiting paraprofessionals to participate in a program designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools. This bill would establish the California After School Teacher Pipeline Program, a pilot program, for purposes of improving the quality and retention of after school personnel and recruiting qualified after school instructors to participate on a pilot basis in the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program. The bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to select up to 4 school districts or county offices of education receiving program funds under the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program to apply for pilot program funds. The bill would require the commission to use the $150,000 annually transferred by the department, as described in (1) above, to award a grant to each selected applicant, not to exceed $3,500 per pilot participant per year. The bill would require the commission, before January 1, 2017, to report to the Legislature and the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the pilot program, as specified. The bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2020, and repeal them on January 1, 2021. (3) The After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002 authorizes the Legislature to amend certain of its provisions to further its purposes by majority vote of each house. This bill would set forth a legislative finding and declaration that this bill furthers the purposes of that act.