Before and after school programs: 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.

Existing law, in accordance with the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program contained in the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, allocates funds appropriated by the Budget Act of 2002 and prescribes requirements related to the allocation of funds, including provisions governing the allocation of funds appropriated by the Budget Act. This bill would require, in any fiscal year in which the total state appropriation for that fiscal year under this program exceeds the total state appropriation for the 2008–09 fiscal year after certain funds have been allocated, that the excess amount be allocated for direct grants to community learning centers in accordance with a prescribed schedule. The bill would require priority for funds allocated to programs serving elementary and middle school pupils to be given to programs with expiring grants, subject to specified requirements.