SB 1221

Bill Subjects

Abstract

(1) Existing law establishes the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (ASSETs) program, and requires a high school after school program, established as specified, to consist of an academic assistance element and an enrichment element that include certain things. Existing law requires applicants for grants to ensure that certain requirements are fulfilled, as applicable, including a certification that each applicant or partner in the application agrees, among other things, to provide to the State Department of Education information on participating pupils' schoolday attendance rates, pupil test scores from a specified program, pupil achievement on the high school exit examination, as applicable, and program attendance. This bill would instead require a certification that each applicant or partner in the application agrees, among other things, to provide to the department information on participating pupils' schoolday attendance rates and program attendance. (2) Existing law requires priority for funding pursuant to the ASSETs program to be given to programs that serve pupils attending a school whose most recent score on the Academic Performance Index ranks the school in the lowest 3 deciles and programs that previously received funding, as specified, for expansion of existing grants up to a certain per site maximum or to replace expiring grants that have satisfactorily met their projected attendance goals and demonstrated other positive outcomes regarding, but not limited to, performance on the high school exit examination, graduation rates, schoolday attendance, and positive behavioral changes. This bill would instead require priority for funding to be given to programs that previously received funding, as specified, for expansion of existing grants up to a certain per site maximum or to replace expiring grants that have satisfactorily met their projected attendance goals. (3) Existing law establishes the After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) . Existing law requires a high school after school program established pursuant to the ASSETs program and a program established pursuant to ASES to submit to the department annual outcome-based data for evaluation, including research-based indicators and measurable pupil outcomes, as specified. Existing law requires grantees to submit certain attendance information to demonstrate program effectiveness, and, to demonstrate program effectiveness based upon individual program focus, requires programs to select one or more measures, as specified, to be submitted annually. Existing law provides that those measures include positive behavioral changes, as specified, for programs established pursuant to the ASSETs program pupil performance on the high school exit examination and graduation rates, pupil performance on the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR Program) test, homework completion rates, and skill development, as specified. This bill would instead require a high school after school program established pursuant to the ASSETs program and a program established pursuant to ASES to submit to the department annual outcome-based data for evaluation. The bill would require grantees to submit certain attendance information to demonstrate program effectiveness using the unique statewide pupil identifiers for participating pupils who are unduplicated pupils. The bill would require programs to submit evidence of a data-driven program quality improvement process that is based on the department's guidance on program quality standards, as specified. The bill would also require the State Department of Education to develop and submit a biennial report to the Legislature related to the pupils attending, and the program quality of, expanded learning programs, as defined, and would require the report to include data, as specified, and authorize the report to include aggregate reporting of certain information. (4) Existing law specifies that each school that establishes an ASES program is eligible to receive a 3-year direct grant. Existing law specifies the maximum total direct grant amount awarded annually and requires that a school that establishes a program, as specified, to be eligible to receive a supplemental grant to operate the program in excess of 180 regular schooldays or during any combination of summer, intersession, or vacation period for a maximum of the lesser of 2 specified amounts. This bill would replace a direct grant with an after school grant. The bill would specify the minimum total after school grant that may be awarded. The bill would replace a supplemental grant with a summer grant, as defined. The bill would specify the maximum total summer grant that may be awarded. The bill would also define the term "expanded learning." (5) Existing law provides that a school that establishes a program pursuant to specified provisions of ASES is eligible to receive a supplemental grant to operate the program, as specified, for a maximum of 30% of the total grant amount awarded, per school year, to the school. Existing law authorizes an existing after school supplemental grantee to operate a 3-hour or 6-hour per day program, but prohibits a grantee from receiving additional grant funds for the purposes of operating a 6-hour per day program. This bill would instead provide that a school that establishes a program pursuant to specified provisions of ASES is eligible to receive a summer grant to operate the program, as specified, for a maximum of either 30% of the total grant amount awarded, per school year, to the school, or $33,750 for each regular school year for each elementary school and $45,000 for each regular school year for each middle or junior high school. The bill would also authorize an existing after school summer grantee to operate a 3-hour or 6-hour per day program. (6) Existing law authorizes the State Department of Education to terminate a program established pursuant to the provisions of ASES if the program consistently fails to demonstrate measurable program outcomes, as defined, for 3 consecutive years. Existing law authorizes measurable program outcomes to be demonstrated by, but not be limited to, comparing pupils participating in the program to nonparticipating pupils at the same schoolsite and pupils participating in the program who demonstrate improvement on one or more indicators collected by the program, as specified. Existing law authorizes program effectiveness to be demonstrated using performance levels from the STAR Program by specified documentation. This bill would instead authorize measurable program outcomes to be demonstrated by, but not be limited to, comparing pupils participating in the program to nonparticipating pupils at the same schoolsite. The bill would repeal the authority to demonstrate program effectiveness using performance levels from the STAR Program by specified documentation. (7) Existing law, to the extent consistent with federal and state privacy laws, authorizes local educational agency grantees funded pursuant to specified provisions to submit certain pupil data to an operator of an after school program with which the local educational agency has a contract, including STAR Program test scores and scores on individual California Standards Tests. This bill would instead, to the extent consistent with federal and state privacy laws, authorize local educational agency grantees funded pursuant to specified provisions to submit certain pupil data to an operator of an after school program or summer program, or both, with which the local educational agency has a contract, including statewide test and assessment scores. (8) Existing law prohibits a program established pursuant to the provisions of ASES located off school grounds from being approved unless safe transportation is provided to the pupils enrolled in the program. This bill would authorize additional funding to be provided for transportation, as specified, if a program is operated at a schoolsite located in an area that has a population density of less than 11 persons per square mile. (9) Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program contained within a specified federal act complement ASES. Existing law requires at least 10% of the total amount appropriated pursuant to the 21st CCLC program, except as specified, to be available for direct grants to provide equitable access and participation in community learning center programs and to provide family literacy services, as specified. Existing law also requires at least 40% of the total amount appropriated pursuant to the 21st CCLC program, except as specified, be allocated to programs serving elementary and middle school pupils. Existing law requires core funding grants for programs serving middle and elementary school pupils in before and after school programs to be allocated according to the same funding provisions, and subject to the same reporting and accountability provisions, as described in specified provisions of ASES. This bill would instead require at least 5% of the total amount appropriated pursuant to the 21st CCLC program, except as specified, to be available for grants to provide equitable access and participation in community learning center programs. The bill would require after school and summer funding grants for programs serving middle and elementary school pupils to be allocated according to the same funding provisions, and subject to the same reporting and accountability provisions, as described in specified provisions of ASES. The bill would require priority to be given to grant applications that will provide year-round expanded learning programming, as defined.