2021-22 School Year Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program (CSESAP)
State match funds provided to local educational agencies participating in the Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program (CSESAP) to be paid out during the summer recess period to participating classified employees.
Employee election form submission due by March 1, 2022
Estimated State Match Funding for the 2022-23 School Year
The following documents for the Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program (CSESAP) are now available on the California Department of Education's CSESAP webpage.
Eligible classified employees that elect to participate in the program must complete the CDE election form (link above) and submit to Payroll or Human Resources by 4:00PM on March 1, 2022.
Please submit signed original form, to CRPUSD Business Department. Electronic (email) copies cannot be accepted.
The legal authority for the CSESAP is provided by Education Code Section 45500, as added by Section 85 of Senate Bill 75 (Chapter 51, Statutes of 2019), as amended by Section 5 of Assembly Bill (AB) 114 (Chapter 413, Statutes of 2019). Funding for future years is contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
School Employee Summer Assistance Program AS OF December 2019
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(a) The Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program is hereby established.
(b) The program shall provide a participating classified employee up to one dollar ($1) for each one dollar ($1) that the classified employee has elected to have withheld from the classified
employee’s monthly paychecks pursuant to this section.
(c) A local educational agency may elect to participate in the program. A participating local educational agency shall notify classified employees, by January 1 during a fiscal year in which
moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section, that the local educational agency has elected to participate in the program for the next school year. Once a local educational agency
elects to participate in the program and notifies classified employees pursuant to this subdivision, the local educational agency is prohibited from reversing its decision to participate in
the program for the next school year beginning after the end of a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section.
(d) (1) A classified employee that elects to participate in the program shall notify the local educational agency, in writing, by March 1 during a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated
for purposes of this section, on a form developed by the department that the classified employee wishes to participate in the program for the applicable school year. The classified employee
shall specify the amount to be withheld from their monthly paychecks during the applicable school year and whether they choose to have the amounts withheld paid out during the summer recess
period in either one or two payments. A participating classified employee may elect to have up to 10 percent of the classified employee’s monthly pay withheld during the applicable
school year.
(2) A classified employee shall be eligible to participate in the program if the classified employee has been employed with the local educational agency for at least one year at the time the
classified employee elects to participate in the program.
(3) A classified employee shall be eligible to participate in the program if the classified employee is employed by the local educational agency for fewer than 11 months per fiscal year.
(4) (A) A classified employee shall not be eligible to participate in the program if the classified employee’s regular annual pay received directly from the local educational agency is
more than sixty-two thousand four hundred dollars ($62,400). For purposes of determining a classified employee’s regular annual pay received directly from the local educational agency,
the employing local educational agency shall exclude any pay received by the classified employee during the summer recess period of the previous fiscal year.
(B) For purposes of this section, “summer recess period” means the period that regular class sessions are not being held by a local educational agency during the months of June,
July, and August. Pay earned by a classified employee with limited employment during the months of June, July, or August that is not for the summer session shall not be excluded pursuant to
this paragraph.
(e) A local educational agency that elects to participate in the program shall notify the department in writing, by April 1 during a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes
of this section, on a form developed by the department that it has elected to participate in the program. The local educational agency shall specify the number of classified employees that
have elected to participate in the program and the total estimated amount to be withheld from participating classified employee paychecks for the applicable school year.
(f) The department shall notify participating local educational agencies in writing, by May 1 during a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section, of the
estimated amount of state match funding that a participating classified employee can expect to receive as a result of participating in the program. If the funding provided for purposes of
this section is insufficient to provide one dollar ($1) for each one dollar ($1) that has been withheld from participating classified employee monthly paychecks, the department shall notify
local educational agencies of the expected prorated amount of state match funds that a participating classified employee can expect to receive as result of participating in the program.
(g) Participating local educational agencies shall notify participating classified employees, by June 1 during a fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section, the
amount of estimated state match funds that a participating classified employee can expect to receive as a result of participating in the program. After receiving that notification, a
classified employee may withdraw their election to participate in the program or reduce the amount to be withheld from their paycheck pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) by notifying
the employing local educational agency no later than 30 days after the start of the applicable school year.
(h) The local educational agency shall deposit the amounts withheld from participating classified employee monthly paychecks in accordance with the choices made by each participating
classified employee pursuant to subdivision (d) in a separate account.
(i) (1) A classified employee that separates from employment with a local educational agency during the applicable school year may request from the local educational agency any pay withheld
from their paycheck pursuant to this section.
(2) A classified employee, due to economic or personal hardship, may request from the local educational agency any pay withheld from their paycheck pursuant to this section.
(3) A classified employee who requests any pay withheld by the local educational agency pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall not be entitled to receive any state match funds provided
pursuant to this section.
(j) Participating local educational agencies shall request payment from the department, on or before July 31 following the end of a school year during which the program was operative, on a
form developed by the department, for the amount of classified employee pay withheld from the monthly paychecks of participating classified employees and placed in a separate account pursuant
to subdivision (h).
(k) The department shall apportion funds to participating local educational agencies within 30 days of receiving a request for payment by the participating local educational agency pursuant
to subdivision (j). The apportionment shall be determined for each local educational agency by the department on the basis of the amount that has been withheld from the monthly paychecks of
participating classified employees and placed in a separate account pursuant to subdivision (h).
(l) If the total amount requested by participating local educational agencies exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of this section, the department shall prorate the amount apportioned
to participating local educational agencies accordingly, consistent with the determination made pursuant to subdivision (f).
(m) The participating local educational agency shall pay participating classified employees the amounts withheld in accordance with the classified employee’s choices, plus the amount
apportioned by the department that is attributable to the amount withheld from that classified employee’s paychecks during the applicable school year. This amount shall be paid to the
participating classified employee during the summer recess period, in either one or two payments, in accordance with the classified employee’s option pursuant to subdivision (d).
(n) The state match funding received by participating classified employees pursuant to this section shall not be considered compensation for purposes of determining retirement benefits for
the California Public Employees’ Retirement System or the California State Teachers’ Retirement System.
(o) (1) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, the program shall be funded pursuant to Section 85 of the act adding this section.
(2) For the 2020–21 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the operation of this section shall be contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another
statute.
(p) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Local educational agency” means a school district or county office of education.
(2) “Program” means the Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program.