Education: After School Education and Safety Program.

Existing law establishes the After School Education and Safety Program for public and charter schools to create incentives for establishing before and after school enrichment programs that partner schools and communities to provide academic and literacy support and safe, constructive alternatives for youth. This bill would authorize administrators of an After School Education and Safety Program to provide activities on weekends. Costs associated with weekend activities would be paid from a program's maximum grant or supplemental grant, as specified. Except as provided, participation of pupils in the weekend activities would not be included in the attendance reported to the State Department of Education for the calculation of either the maximum grant amount or a supplemental grant amount. Existing law makes specified federal funds available for expenditure for specified educational purposes in the annual Budget Act. One purpose authorized is the funding of programs serving elementary and middle school pupils that may operate during regular schooldays for a minimum of 15 hours per week and any combination of summer, intersession, or vacation periods for a minimum of 3 hours per day for the regular school year. A program receiving a grant is not assured of grant renewal from future state or federal funding at the conclusion of the grant period. This bill would require that priority for funding to replace expiring grants be given to programs that have satisfactorily met projected pupil outcomes, as specified.