REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
After School Care at Sunnyvale Elementary and Middle Schools
Report
BACKGROUND
While the City provides numerous recreational and enrichment programs as well as targeted after school care programs, providing universal after school care-defined as daily care available on school sites after the school day-is not a core City service. Elementary school districts in California receive state funding to provide required after school care at little or no cost to certain populations. Since this is an area of interest to our community, staff coordinated with school district staff to provide this report for informational purposes.
DISCUSSION
Summary of School District Programs
Sunnyvale is served by three school districts in grades transitional kindergarten (TK) to 8th grade (Cupertino School District, Santa Clara Unified School District & Sunnyvale Elementary School District). Each school district offers options for after school care, often referred to as Expanded Learning or Non-School Hour Time.
Expanded Learning is a term used for programs that are funded by the California Department of Education and/or the U.S. Department of Education. These programs operate in Title One Schools (schools that have 40% or more of the school's population on free or reduced lunch) and have a minimum number of hours they must operate depending on the type of program (before school, after school, summer, and intersession, etc.).
Both Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) and Sunnyvale Elementary School District (SESD) receive two sources of state funding for expanded care-After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) and Expanded Learning Opportunity Programs (ELO-P). Both state funding sources allow eligible students to register for after school care at little or no cost.
Eligible students include students in foster care or experiencing homelessness, students with free/reduced lunch status, and English Language Learners. Eligible students ...
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