Attorney General No.

SA2001RF0050

Secretary of State No.

952

Description

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. STATE GRANTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Increases state grant funds available for before and after school programs providing tutoring, homework assistance, and educational enrichment. Establishes priority for continued funding level for schools already receiving grants. Makes public elementary, middle and junior high schools, including charter schools, eligible for grants ranging from $50,000 to $75,000. Provides priority for additional funding for schools with predominantly low-income students. Declares that funding for before and after school programs shall be above Proposition 98 base funding, and at least $85 million for first year increasing to $550 million annually if state revenues grow. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: This measure would have a major fiscal effect of additional annual state costs for before and after school programs that could exceed $400 million annually, beginning in 2004-05.

Proponents

Paul F. Miner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, c/o Paul F Miner,2215 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95816, (916) 448-8606

Date

1-29-2002

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

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