Classified School Employee Summer Assistance

State match funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program (CSESAP) to be paid out during the summer recess period to participating classified employees.

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Funding & Applications

Fiscal Year 2023–24 (For 2024-25 School Year)

Funding Letter (Dated 03-Nov-2023)
CSESAP 2023 Funding Profile - Program Description and Funding
CSESAP 2023 Funding Results - Entitlements, Apportionments, and Letter
Employee Election Form to Participate - Due by March 1, 2024
Request for Application 2024-25

By April 1, 2024, LEAs submit LEA Election to Participate (EC 45500(e))
By July 31, 2025, LEAs submit Request for Payment (EC 45500(j))

Fiscal Year 2022–23 (For 2023-24 School Year)

Funding Letter (Dated 09-Dec-2022)
CSESAP 2022 Funding Profile - Program Description and Funding
CSESAP 2022 Funding Results - Entitlements, Apportionments, and Letter
Employee Election Form to Participate - Due by March 1, 2023
Request for Application 2023-24

By July 31, 2024, LEAs submit Request for Payment (EC 45500(j))

Fiscal Year 2018–19 (For 2019-20 School Year)

CSESAP 2018 Funding Profile - Program Description and Funding
CSESAP 2018 Funding Results - Entitlements, Apportionments, and Letters

Funding and Key Dates

Funding	Fiscal Year 2021–22 (2022–23 School Year)	Fiscal Year 2022–23 (2023–24 School Year)	Fiscal Year 2023–24 (2024–25 School Year)
Funding Amount Available	$99,069,153	$90,000,000	$90,000,000
Funding Amount Apportioned	$81,359,930	Coming September 2024	Coming September 2025

Key Dates	Fiscal Year 2022–23 (2023–24 School Year)	Fiscal Year 2023–24 (2024–25 School Year)
Participating local education agencies (LEAs) shall notify classified employees that the LEA has elected to participate in the program for the specified school year. Once an LEA elects to participate in the program and notifies classified employees, the LEA is prohibited from reversing the decision.	By January 1, 2023	By January 1, 2024
Classified employees that elect to participate in the program shall notify the LEA in writing, on the CSESAP Employee Election Form. To participate, the classified employee must: Meet program eligibility criteria, Specify amounts to be withheld, up to 10 percent, from their monthly paychecks for the specified school year, and Choose whether to receive one or two payments during the summer recess period.	By March 1, 2023	By March 1, 2024
Each participating LEA shall notify the California Department of Education (CDE) that it elected to participate in the program and provide the following information: The number of classified employees that have elected to participate, and An estimate of the total amount to be withheld from participating classified employee paychecks for the specified school year.	By April 3, 2023*	By April 1, 2024
Participating LEAs shall notify their participating classified employees of the estimated amount of state match funding the employee can receive as a result of participating in the program.	By June 1, 2023	By June 1, 2024
Participating LEAs shall request payment from the CDE on a form developed by the CDE for the amount of classified employee pay withheld. If the total amount requested by LEAs exceeds the appropriated amount available for the CSESAP, the CDE will apply a proration accordingly.	By July 31, 2024 (Request for Payment form will be available June 2024)	By July 31, 2025 (Request for Payment form will be available June 2025)

*In accordance with Government Code sections 6700, 6701, and 6707, because the due date falls Saturday, April 1, 2023, the reporting deadline shall be Monday, April 3, 2023.

Other Content

Fiscal Year 2019-20 (School Year 2020-21) and Thereafter

Information for the Implementation of Senate Bill 75 as amended by Assembly Bill (AB) 114.

Fiscal Year 2019-20 (School Year 2020-21) and Thereafter Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
EC 45500

Fiscal Year 2018-19 (School Year 2019-20)

Information for the Implementation of AB 1808 as amended by AB 1840.

Fiscal Year 2018-19 (School Year 2019-20) FAQs
AB 1808
AB 1840

Questions: Categorical Allocations and Audit Resolutions Office | csesap@cde.ca.gov

Last Reviewed: Monday, December 04, 2023

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