March 14, 2008

Dear Select County and District Superintendents, and Charter School Administrators:

NOTICE OF FORTHCOMING CHANGES TO TOBACCO-USE PREVENTION EDUCATION CATEGORICAL APPORTIONMENTS

Assembly Bill 647 authored by Assembly Member Mary Salas (Imperial Beach) and sponsored by me was signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger on July 27, 2007. The bill amends the California Health and Safety Code provisions regarding school-based Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) programs. Attached is a chart which summarizes the changes in the funding structure.

County offices of education, districts, and direct-funded charter schools that serve students in grades four through eight are currently eligible to receive an annual entitlement of funds for tobacco-use prevention based on the average daily attendance of students in those grades.AB 647 will eliminate this entitlement and focus all TUPE funds on grades six through twelve through a competitive grants process.

The provisions of the bill do not become effective until July 1, 2009. The purpose of this notice is to allow for local educational agencies to make necessary personnel adjustments and begin planning for the submission of an application for TUPE funds that will span the 2009-2012 fiscal years. The release of the Request for Applications for these funds should be announced on the California Department of Education (CDE) Web site in September 2008. Interested agencies may register to receive notice of available funding on the CDE Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/joinlist.asp.

If you have any questions regarding this subject, please contact John Lagomarsino, School Health Education Consultant, Safe and Healthy Kids Program Office, at 916-323-1540 or by e-mail at JLagomarsino@cde.ca.gov.

Sincerely,

[ORIGINAL SIGNED BY]

JACK O’CONNELL

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Attachment

Changes to Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Funding
to Local Educational Agencies

The changes outlined below are the result of AB 647 signed by Governor Schwarzenegger on July 27, 2007. The full text of the law which amends sections of the California Health and Safety Code can be downloaded through the California Legislative Counsel Web site at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ (Outside Source).

These changes are in response to a Task Force convened by the California Department of Education (CDE) to recommend changes to the state TUPE program. This document is available as a PDF download through the Getting Results Web site at http://www.gettingresults.org/ (Outside Source).

Getting Results, developed by Health & Education Communication Consultants (HECC), is one part of a comprehensive prevention effort from the Safe and Healthy Kids Program Office at the CDE.

	FY 2007-08	FY 2008-09	FY 2009-10
Current Grades 4-8 Entitlement	Funds available through the Consolidated Application process.	Funds available through the Consolidated Application process.	Funds no longer available through this funding mechanism.
Current Grades 6-8 Competitive Grant	Available in response to a Request for Applications. Applications were due January 8, 2007.	Available in response to a Request for Applications. Applications are due February 11, 2008.	Funds no longer available through this mechanism.
Current Grades 9-12 Competitive Grant	Funds were available in response to a Request for Applications. Applications were due December 15, 2006.	Funds are available in response to a Request for Applications. Applications are due February 11, 2008.	Funds no longer available through this mechanism.
New Grades 6-12 Competitive Grant	Funds not available through this funding mechanism.	Funds not available through this funding mechanism.	Funds will be available in response to a Request for Applications. The application due date is undetermined at this time.

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