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Trustees approve 2025 Expanded Learning Opportunities plan amid funding uncertainty
Summary
Trustees adopted the district’s 2025 Expanded Learning Opportunities Program plan outlining after‑school and intersession offerings for TK–6 unduplicated students, despite state funding volatility the superintendent said produced an $800,000 midyear reduction last year.
The Berryessa Union School District board approved the 2025 Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) plan, which formalizes free after‑school and intersession programming targeted at unduplicated TK–6 students (those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, English learners, foster or homeless youth).
Thomas Carroll, coordinator of student services, told the board that ELOP funding is intended to extend the school day to a total of nine hours and provide 30 non‑instructional intersession days (five days in October, five in spring break and 20 in summer). Carroll said partners this year include the YMCA, the City of San Jose, RAFT (Resource Area for Teachers) and Allevo; RAFT staffed a recent intersession at Northwood during which 220 students enrolled and staff measured a 78% attendance rate and positive parent feedback.
Carroll described program-monitoring practices — monthly provider meetings, walk‑throughs to verify daily learning objectives, and new state reporting requirements to submit ELOP attendance to CALPADS. He also reiterated a funding challenge trustees raised earlier: under a new state tiering formula the district is in tier 2 and experienced a midyear reduction of roughly $800,000 relative to earlier projections. The superintendent said the tiered distribution makes multi‑year planning difficult and the district is advocating at the state level for greater funding stability for tier‑2 districts.
Trustees asked how sites would manage space given recent school consolidations; Carroll said sites will prioritize multipurpose and library spaces and coordinate schedules with vendors to minimize classroom disruption. Board members approved the ELOP plan and directed staff to continue program monitoring and report outcomes.
"The expanded learning program is a state funded program that is designed to provide free after school programs as well as intersession for our unduplicated students," Carroll said during his presentation.
