AB 434 (Block)
Would allow programs to budget Site Directors as direct service employees

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Current Status: Signed into law by the Governor, and chaptered on September 24, 2010

This bill, which was amended to remove a separate provision reducing the ASES match requirement, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on an 11-0 vote on August 12, 2010, passed the full Senate on a 34-0 vote on August 23, 2010, and passed the Assembly on a 75-1 vote on August 24, 2010. It was signed into law by the Governor on September 23, 2010.

AB 434 ensures that funding for site coordinators that spend 85% of their time on the after school program site would be considered funding for direct service. 

2009 Status: Passed Assembly, and moved to the Senate. Passed Senate Education Committee and has been placed on the suspense file by the Senate Appropriations Committee due to perceived cost pressure.

AB 434 (Block) would codify the “direct service” status of site coordinators who spend at least 85% of their time on site (so that they will be considered part of the 85% of after-school funding that must be used for direct services). Another provision proposed to temporarily reduce (through FY 2011) the state After School Education and Safety (ASES) program matching funding requirement to 15% from 33% during this economic recession.