After school programs.

Existing law 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. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to apportion moneys, from those continuously appropriated for purposes of after school programs, to program applicants in the form of grants according to a specified priority scheme and specifies maximum grant amounts for 3-year direct grants for before and after school programs. Existing law limits the amount of state funds a program participant may expend on administrative costs to 15% of the participant's funding. Existing law requires a program participant receiving state funding to ensure that no less than 85% of that funding is allocated to schoolsites for direct services to pupils. This bill would authorize the cost of a program site supervisor to be included as direct services, provided that at least 85% of the site supervisor's time is spent at the program site.