After school programs.

(1) Existing law establishes the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program, under the administration of the State Department of Education, 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. This bill would, among other things, authorize a school program participating in the state program to charge family fees, as specified, authorize the department to withhold or terminate grant allocations that do not comply with specified reporting requirements required by the department, and allow participating school programs to transfer program services to another schoolsite within the same local educational agency under specified circumstances. (2) Existing law establishes the After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) to serve pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools, as specified. This bill would, among other things, specify that grades to be served by participating school programs may be determined by local needs, require participating school programs that charge family fees to waive or reduce the cost of these fees for pupils who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and state the intent of the Legislature that participating middle school or junior high school pupils participate in the full day of the program every day during which pupils participate, except as specified. (3) 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 40% of the total amount appropriated pursuant to the 21st CCLC program, except as specified, to be allocated to programs serving elementary and middle school pupils and at least 50% of the total amount appropriated, except as specified, to be allocated on a priority basis for after school grants to community learning centers serving high school pupils. This bill would require the department to allocate those funds to each geographic region of the state, as specified. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 8482.6, 8483, and 8483.1 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1567 that would become operative if this bill and AB 1567 are both enacted on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is enacted last.