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Bill Text - AB-1744 After school programs: substance use prevention: funding: cannabis revenue.
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AB-1744 After school programs: substance use prevention: funding: cannabis revenue.(2017-2018)
AB 1744, as amended, McCarty. After school programs: substance use prevention: funding: cannabis revenue.
This bill would specifically authorize for inclusion within the education enrichment element pupil assistance youth development activities that promote healthy choices and behaviors in order to prevent and reduce substance use and improve school retention and performance.
Existing law establishes the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program program and the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program, program, which provide for the allocation of grant funds by the State Department of Education for before or after school programs operating in accordance with specified program requirements. Existing law requires those programs to include an enrichment element.
This bill would specifically authorize for inclusion within the enrichment element pupil assistance youth development activities that promote healthy choices and behaviors in order to prevent and reduce substance use and improve school retention and performance.
This bill would state that the Legislature encourages schools that to establish a program pursuant to the After School Education and Safety Program, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, program, or the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program program that is designed to educate about and prevent substance use disorders or to prevent harm from substance abuse to apply to receive funding abuse, as provided. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to enter into interagency agreements with the State Department of Education to implement and administer these programs, pursuant to AUMA, and to allocate to schools funding from the Youth Education, Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Account established pursuant to AUMA. The bill would also amend provide in AUMA to specify that the State Department of Health Care Services, in determining which programs to be funded, may consider selecting, among other programs, programs established pursuant to the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program, program, the After School Education and Safety Program, and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program. program. The bill would also specify in AUMA that grants to schools to develop and support expanded learning programs, designed to prevent and reduce substance use, and improve school retention and performance, are part of the components that programs receiving funding under AUMA may include.
(a) The After School Education and Safety Program (Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 8482) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code), the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program program (Article 22.6 (commencing with Section 8484.7) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code), and the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program program (Article 19 (commencing with Section 8420) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code) provide after school programs to low-income public school pupils in order to maximize their retention in school, reduce dropout rates, improve academic performance, reduce substance use and abuse, and expand educational enrichment opportunities.
(c) Absent appropriate intervention, a pupil who experiences substance abuse challenges in the home or the community is at increased risk of his or her own substance abuse.
(e) After school programs have been shown to reduce substance abuse, including through the development of protective or resiliency factors factors, such as school connectedness, self-control, self-confidence, and quality peer relationships.
(f) Because the After School Education and Safety Program, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, program, and the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program program augment the regular schoolday and keep youth supervised during a time when they are at risk of substance abuse, these programs are uniquely positioned to provide alternatives to substance abuse and provide education and assistance to pupils about substance abuse, how it can affect their academic performance, and how to avoid substance abuse.
(h) The After School Education and Safety Program, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, program, and the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program program represent ideal conduits for Proposition 64 tax revenues to realize the goals of preventing and reducing substance abuse among pupils and improving school retention and performance.
(2) An enrichment element that may include, but need not be limited to, community service, career and technical education, job readiness, opportunities for mentoring and tutoring younger pupils, service learning, arts, computer and technology training, physical fitness, recreation activities, and pupil assistance youth development activities that promote healthy choices and behaviors in order to prevent and reduce substance use and improve school retention and performance.
(a) The Legislature encourages schools that to establish a program pursuant to this article that are is designed to educate about and prevent substance use disorders or to prevent harm from substance abuse to apply to receive funding through a broad array of academic and enrichment activities, including activities to prevent and reduce substance use, and improve school retention and performance.
(B) An educational enrichment element that may include, but need not be limited to, fine arts, career technical education, recreation, physical fitness, prevention activities, and pupil assistance youth development activities that promote healthy choices and behaviors in order to prevent and reduce substance use and improve school retention and performance.
(a) The Legislature encourages schools that to establish a program pursuant to this article with an educational enrichment element that is designed to educate about and prevent substance use disorders and to prevent harm from substance abuse to apply to receive funding through a broad array of academic and enrichment activities, including activities to prevent and reduce substance use, and improve school retention and performance.
(6) Whether additional protections are needed to prevent unlawful monopolies or anti-competitive anticompetitive behavior from occurring in the adult-use cannabis industry and, if so, recommendations as to the most effective measures for preventing such behavior.
(10) The geographic location, structure, and function of licensed cannabis businesses, and demographic data, including race, ethnicity, and gender, of license holders. licenseholders.
(1) Sixty percent shall be deposited in the Youth Education, Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Account, and disbursed by the Controller to the State Department of Health Care Services for programs for youth that are designed to educate about and to prevent substance use disorders and to prevent harm from substance use. The State Department of Health Care Services shall enter into interagency agreements with the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education to implement and administer these programs. The programs shall emphasize accurate education, effective prevention, early intervention, school retention, and timely treatment services for youth, their families families, and caregivers. In determining which programs to be funded, the State Department of Health Care Services may consider selecting, among other programs, programs established pursuant to the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program program (Article 19 (commencing with Section 8420) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code), the After School Education and Safety Program (Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 8482) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code), and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program program (Article 22.6 (commencing with Section 8484.7) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code) that meet the requirements specified in this paragraph and as otherwise determined by the State Department of Health Care Services. The programs may include, but are not limited to, the following components:
(A) Prevention and early intervention services including outreach, risk survey and education to youth, families, caregivers, schools, primary care health providers, behavioral health and substance use disorder service providers, community and faith-based organizations,	fostercare foster care providers, juvenile and family courts, and others to recognize and reduce risks related to substance use, and the early signs of problematic use and of substance use disorders.
(D) Access and linkage to care provided by county behavioral health programs for youth, and their families families, and caregivers, who have a substance use disorder or who are at risk for developing a substance use disorder.
(H) Workforce training and wage structures that increase the hiring pool of behavioral health staff with substance use disorder prevention and treatment expertise. Provide expertise and provides ongoing education and coaching that increases substance use treatment providers’ core competencies competencies, and trains providers on promising and evidenced-based practices.