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AB-1491 Adult education: consortia: carryover of allocated funds.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 84901 of the Education Code is amended to read:

84901.
 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply, unless otherwise specified:
(a) “Adult” means a person 18 years of age or older.
(b) “Carryover” means the annual amount of unspent adult education program funds from prior fiscal years expressed as a percentage of the current fiscal year’s allocation.
(b) (c)  “Consortium” means an adult education consortium approved pursuant to this article.
(c) (d)  “Executive director” means the executive director of the State Board of Education.
(d) (e)  “Program” means the Adult Education Program established by Section 84900.

SEC. 2.

 Section 84914 of the Education Code is amended to read:

84914.
 (a) As a condition of receipt of an apportionment from the program, a consortium shall approve a distribution schedule that includes both of the following:
(1) The amount of funds to be distributed to each member of the consortium for that fiscal year.
(2) A narrative justifying how the planned allocations are consistent with the adult education plan.
(b) (1) For any fiscal year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent allocate an amount of funds to the consortium greater than the amount allocated in the prior fiscal year, the amount of funds to be distributed to a member of that consortium shall be equal to or greater than the amount distributed in the prior fiscal year, unless the consortium makes at least one of the following findings related to the member for which the distribution would be reduced:
(A) The member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the adult education plan.
(B) The member cannot provide services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan.
(C) The member has been consistently ineffective in providing services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan and reasonable interventions have not resulted in improvements.
(2) (A)  For any fiscal  year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent allocate an amount of funds to the consortium less than the amount allocated in the prior fiscal  year, the amount of funds to be distributed to a member of that consortium shall not be reduced by a percentage greater than the percentage by which the total amount of funds allocated to the consortium decreased, unless the consortium makes at least one of the following findings related to the member for which the distribution would be reduced further:
(A) (i)  The member no longer wishes to provide services consistent with the adult education plan.
(B) (ii)  The member cannot provide services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan.
(C) (iii)  The member has been ineffective in providing services that address the needs identified in the adult education plan and reasonable interventions have not resulted in improvements.
(iv) The member has unspent funds remaining from the immediately prior fiscal year that exceeds a percentage of the current fiscal year’s allocation that was previously agreed to by the members of the consortium.
(B) For any fiscal year for which the chancellor and the Superintendent allocate an amount of funds to the consortium less than the amount allocated in the prior fiscal year, both of the following shall apply:
(i) A member of that consortium shall not maintain a carryover of more than 15 percent for more than two fiscal years.
(ii) On or after July 1, 2022, the members of that consortium may vote on whether to reduce the allocation of a member that has exceeded the carryover limit of 15 percent in the immediately prior fiscal year, and in such an instance, each member of the consortium shall have one vote.
(c) A distribution schedule shall also include preliminary projections of the amount of funds that would be distributed to each member of the consortium in each of the subsequent two fiscal years. The preliminary projections shall not constitute a binding commitment of funds.

SEC. 3.

 Section 84914.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

84914.5.
 (a) On or before September 1 of each fiscal year, a member of a consortium shall certify its expenditures for the immediately prior fiscal year.
(b) On and after July 1, 2022, and except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 84914, all of the following shall apply:
(1) No more than 15 percent of a member’s annual allocation may be carried over into the next fiscal year by a member of a consortium unless a written plan for expenditure aligned with the adult education plan is approved by the members of the consortium by October 31 of that fiscal year in accordance with the consortium’s governance process.
(2) In any fiscal year, a member’s plan to exceed 15 percent carryover from the immediately prior fiscal year shall be submitted to the consortium on or before September 30. The plan shall become effective only upon its approval by the consortium.
(3) In any fiscal year, a member with a carryover exceeding 15 percent without a plan approved pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed ineffective, and its allocation shall be reduced in the next fiscal year by the amount equal to the amount over 15 percent for reallocation to other members of the consortium.
(c) (1) On or before September 30 of each fiscal year, a consortium shall certify its expenditures for the immediately prior fiscal year.
(2) On and after July 1, 2022, both of the following shall apply:
(A) No more than 15 percent of the consortium’s annual allocation may be carried over to the next fiscal year.
(B) A consortium that carries over more than 15 percent of its annual allocation shall have its allocation reduced in the next fiscal year by the amount equal to the amount over 15 percent that the consortium carried over in the immediately prior fiscal year.