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People Serving People CITY OF RIVERSIDE Riverside CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM DATE: DECEMBER '1, '1998 HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ITEM NO: 9 SUBJECT: USE OF RECREATION SERVICES ACCOUNT FOR CONSULTANT BACKGROUND: In August 1998, the California State Senate and Assembly passed Senate Bill 1756. This bill would establish the After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program to create incentives for establishing after school enrichment programs for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 9, inclusive, at participating school sites. The bill authorizes a local educational agency or a city, county, or nonprofit organization in partnership with a local educational agency or agencies to apply and establish a program, and would require the State Department of Education to select participants among the applicants. The intent of the program is to reduce criminal activity among juveniles, and to strengthen parent-child relationships and communities by involving parents in the children's schoolwork and schools. The language in this bill indicates that the "school-based school-age, before and after school programs would be inoperative as of July 1, 1999. The bill would appropriate the amount of $500,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Education for state operations for the implementation of After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships Program. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may allocate funds for the establishment of school-based, school-age before and after school programs that need to include homework and tutoring assistance, to improve literacy skills, and provide recreational activities, as web as facilitate the transition from welfare to work by providing child care for school-age children, and potential employment for welfare recipients who are parents of children enrolled in school-age child care programs. ' To establish an after school enrichment program for kindergarten to grade 9, the established program funded under SB 1756: Shall be a collaborative effort with a school district, and may also include collaboration with any combination of the following: other school districts, community college districts, counties, cities, community-based organizations, not-for-profit organizations, and a local agency that provides the Even Start Family and Head Start literacy programs or equivalent. 2. Shall demonstrate inclusion of a strong literacy program. 3. Shall include academic achievement determined by measurements such as test scores, grades, school attendance and the number of disciplinary actions. 4. Shall demonstrate that it is receiving locally generated resources from other federal and state resources which may include in-kind resources. 9-3.