SECTIONS 8483.3-8484.5 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 8483.3-8484.5

8483.3. (a) The State Department of Education shall select
applicants to participate in the program established pursuant to this
article from among applicants that apply on forms and in a manner
prescribed by the department. To the extent possible, the selection
of applicants by the State Department of Education shall result in an
equitable distribution of grant awards pursuant to Section 8483.7 to
applicants in northern, southern, and central California, and in
urban, suburban, and rural areas of California.
(b) The State Department of Education shall consider the following
in selecting schools to participate in the program established
pursuant to this article, with primary emphasis given to items (1)
through (4):
(1) Strength of the educational component.
(2) Quality of the educational enrichment component.
(3) Strength of staff training and development component.
(4) Scope and strength of collaboration, including demonstrated
support of the schoolsite principal and staff.
(5) Inclusion of a nutritional snack.
(6) Employment of CalWORKs recipients.
(7) Level and type of local matching funds.
(8) Capacity to respond to program evaluation requirements.
(9) Demonstrated fiscal accountability.
(c) The State Department of Education shall develop reporting
requirements and allocation procedures, including procedures to
reimburse startup costs for programs established pursuant to this
article.

8483.9. (a) A program participant receiving funding pursuant to
this article may expend on indirect costs no more than the lesser of
the following:
(1) The school district's indirect cost rate, as approved by the
State Department of Education for the appropriate fiscal year.
(2) Five percent of the state program funding received pursuant to
this article.
(b) A program participant receiving state funding pursuant to this
article may expend no more than 15 percent of that funding on
administrative costs. For purposes of this section, administrative
costs shall include indirect costs, as described in subdivision (a).
(c) A program participant receiving state funding pursuant to this
program shall ensure that no less than 85 percent of that funding is
allocated to schoolsites for direct services to pupils.

8484.5. (a) All school-based before and after school programs
established pursuant to Section 8481 that are in operation on the
date of the enactment of the act adding this section shall elect one
of the following options on or before July 1, 1999:
(1) Continuing operation as a schoolage community child care
services program pursuant to the remaining operative provisions of
Article 22 (commencing with Section 8460).
(2) Operating as an After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods
Partnerships Program pursuant to this article.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that any appropriation for
programs established pursuant to Section 8481 be redirected to the
appropriation made for programs established pursuant to Article 22
(commencing with Section 8460) or to the appropriation made for
programs established pursuant to this article. The State Department
of Education shall report the amounts that shall be redirected
pursuant to this subdivision to the Department of Finance for
approval and adjustment of the budget. The Controller shall adjust
the appropriation amounts in accordance with budget revisions
approved for this purpose by the Department of Finance.