AB 1426: After school programs.

The After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002, enacted by initiative statute, 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. The act requires every after school component of a program to operate a minimum of 15 hours per week and at least until 6 p.m. on every regular schoolday. The act requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to determine the total annual after school grant amount for which a site is eligible based on a formula of $7.50 per pupil per day of pupil attendance that the program plans to serve, with a minimum total grant of $37.50 per projected pupil per week, and a formula of $7.50 per projected pupil per day of staff development, with a maximum of 3 staff development days per year.

This bill would no longer require after school components of a program to operate at least until 6 p.m. on regular schooldays. The bill would would, commencing July 1, 2017, increase the per pupil and per projected pupil rates discussed above, as specified, and would require the State Department of Education to report to the Legislature, on progress in implementing these rate changes, commencing on or before April 1, 2017, and every 6 months thereafter, unless or until the rate changes are fully implemented for all grantees. to $8.50, with a minimum total grant of $42.50 per projected pupil per week.