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Subcommittee weighs expansion of Expanded Learning Opportunities Program to 55% threshold; LAO and stakeholders urge delay and rate stability for Tier 2
Summary
The governor's budget would expand Tier 1 ELOP eligibility from 75% to 55% unduplicated pupil percentage and add $435 million; LAO and multiple stakeholders recommended delaying implementation one year, stabilizing Tier 2 rates and considering alignment with ACES to reduce overlap.
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 examined the Governor’s proposal to expand the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP), which funds before-, after- and summer-school programming for TK–6 students. The Department of Finance, Legislative Analyst’s Office and California Department of Education presented the proposal and related implementation questions.
George Harris of the Department of Finance summarized ELOP and the administration’s request to lower the Tier 1 threshold from 75% unduplicated pupil percentage to 55%, widening eligibility for the higher Tier 1 rate and aligning that threshold with the concentration grant. “The governor’s budget moves forward with the plan from the budget act of 2021 with full implementation of ELOP by increasing the number of local education agencies that offer universal access to students,” Harris said, and the budget includes a $435 million…
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