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 grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating public elementary, middle, junior high, and charter schools. The act gives priority enrollment in after school programs and before school programs to pupils in middle school or junior high school who attend daily.

This bill, beginning July 1, 2017, would instead give first priority enrollment to pupils who are identified by the program as homeless youth, as defined, and pupils who are identified by the program as being in foster care, and 2nd priority enrollment, for programs serving middle and junior high school pupils, to pupils who attend the program daily. The bill, beginning July 1, 2017, would require an after school program or a before school program to inform the parent or caregiver of a pupil of the right of homeless children and foster children to receive priority enrollment and how to request priority enrollment. The bill, beginning July 1, 2017, would require the administrators of a program to allow self-certification of the pupil as a homeless youth or a foster youth, and would authorize administrators to obtain this information through the school district liaison designated for homeless children, as specified.

IMPORTANT:                               

• To receive priority enrollment in the after school programs next year for a foster/homeless youth, apply between April 23rd and May 10th, 2019, with Lisa Torres in the LEAP office at the Sanger Unified District Office, at 1905 7th Street, Sanger, California
• After May 10th, and once the program is fully enrolled, new foster/homeless youth applications will be placed at the top of the waiting list.
• Please contact Lisa Torres for more information at 524-6564