California Senate Bill SB645 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 645AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 2, 2015 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 6, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to add Section 8483.73 to, the Education Code, relating to after school  programs, and making an appropriation therefor.   programs.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 645, as amended, Hancock. After school programs: grant amounts. Existing law, 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  existing  act provides that each school establishing a program pursuant to the act is eligible to receive a renewable 3-year grant for before or after school programs, as provided, and a grant for operating a program beyond 180 regular schooldays or during summer, weekend, intersession, or vacation periods, as provided. The act specifies the maximum grant amount and related amounts for each of these grants, provides a formula for determining an amount to be continuously appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for purposes of the program, and authorizes the Legislature to appropriate additional funds for purposes of the program. This bill  would, for the 2015-16 fiscal year, appropriate $54,000,000 more to the department for purposes of the program and  would  , to the extent funding is provided in the annual Budget Act,  require the department to proportionately adjust the maximum grant amounts and those related amounts to reflect  this   that  appropriation.  Commencing with the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the bill would appropriate $72,000,000 more to the department for purposes of the program and would require the department to proportionately adjust the maximum grant amounts and those related amounts to reflect this appropriation. The bill would, commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, require the Department of Finance to annually adjust that amount using a specified calculation, provided that adjustment does not result in a reduction. The bill would, also commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, require the State Department of Education to annually adjust the maximum grant amounts and those related amounts to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index, provided that adjustment does not result in a reduction. The bill also would provide that funds appropriated by the bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.  Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no  . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 8483.73 is added to the Education Code, to read: 8483.73.  (a)     (1)     For the 2015-16 fiscal year, fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department for purposes of the program established pursuant to this article. The department   To the extent funding is provided in the annual Budget Act, the department  shall proportionately adjust the dollar amounts for grant amounts and per pupil per day formulas specified in Sections 8482.55, 8483.7, 8483.75, and 8483.76 by an amount necessary to reflect  this   that  appropriation.  (2) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, seventy-two million dollars ($72,000,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund to the department for purposes of the program established pursuant to this article. The department shall proportionately adjust the dollar amounts for grant amounts and per pupil per day formulas specified in Sections 8482.55, 8483.7, 8483.75, and 8483.76 by an amount necessary to reflect this appropriation. Commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Finance shall adjust this amount by adding the product of six hundred twenty-two million dollars ($622,000,000) times the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index from the 2016-17 fiscal year, provided that adjustment does not result in a reduction in any fiscal year.   (b) Commencing with the 2017-18 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall annually adjust the dollar amounts for grant amounts and per pupil per day formulas specified in Sections 8482.55, 8483.7, 8483.75, and 8483.76 by an amount necessary to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index from the 2016-17 fiscal year, provided that adjustment does not result in a reduction in any fiscal year.   (c) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations made by subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they were appropriated, and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which they were appropriated.