Cal. Educ. Code § 8428
21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2015
As of January 1, 2011
(a) The department shall order an independent statewide evaluation of the effectiveness of programs funded pursuant to this article to be prepared and submitted to the Legislature. The evaluation shall include a comparison of outcomes for participating pupils and similarly situated pupils who did not participate in a program.
(b) A report shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature on or before October 1, 2011, providing data that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Data collected pursuant to Section 8427.
(2) Data adopted through the process outlined in subdivision (c) of Section 8421.5 and subdivision (e) of Section 8484.
(3) Number and type of sites and grantees participating in the program.
(4) Pupil program attendance, as reported semiannually, and pupil schoolday attendance, as reported annually.
(5) Pupil program participation rates including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) The average hours of attendance per pupil.
(B) The percentage of pupils that attend the program less than three days a week, three days a week, and more than three days a week.
(C) The extent to which the program attracts pupils considered at risk or in need of academic support.
(6) Quality of the program, drawing on the research of the Academy of Sciences on critical features of programs that support healthy youth development.
The department shall develop, and submit in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a biennial report to the Legislature related to the pupils attending, and the program quality of, expanded learning programs. The report shall include data that is derived by matching the unique statewide pupil identifiers with data in the department’s data systems. The report may also include, but is not necessarily limited to, aggregate reporting of all of the following information:
(a) The number, geographical distribution, and type of sites and grantees participating in expanded learning programs.
(b) Pupil program attendance and pupil schoolday attendance.
(c) Statewide test and assessment scores.
(d) Pupil demographics and characteristics.
(e) Pupil behavior changes and skill development.
(f) The quality of the programs, based on the department’s guidance on program quality standards developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 8427.
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