Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project.

Existing law, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2001, establishes the Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project for the purpose of providing grants to private statewide nonprofit organizations in 2 regions to support a partnership to facilitate pupil participation and safety in high school interscholastic athletics that would primarily benefit low-income pupils. Existing law required the State Department of Education or its administering contracting entity, by May 1, 2002, to request and review proposals submitted by eligible organizations, and, by June 1, 2002, to select a proposal for each of the 2 regions for receipt of a grant. Existing law also required the department or its administering contracting entity, by January 1, 2005, to submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation of the pilot project, as specified. This bill, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute, would require the department or its administering contracting entity, by May 1, 2010, to request and review proposals submitted by eligible entities for the Pupil Athletic Access and Safety Program pilot project, and, by June 1, 2010, to select a proposal for each of the 2 regions for receipt of a grant. The department or its administering contracting entity, by November 1, 2012, would be required to submit a report to the Legislature on the evaluation of the pilot project, as specified. This bill would make these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2014, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2015.