For the 2021–22 school year only, existing ASES and 21st CCLC funded slots can count toward the 50 percent enrollment capacity requirement with the Expanded Learning funds for an LEA's unduplicated students. Charters, excluding non-classroom based charters, are considered LEAs for this grant. The intent of the Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELO) Program is to supplement and not supplant services provided under existing ASES and 21st CCLC Elementary/Middle School programs. However, there is shared understanding that LEAs will need to build capacity this first operational year.

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In addition, ASES, 21st CCLC Elementary/Middle School, and the ELO Program should be considered a single, comprehensive program. In coordinating all these funding streams to move towards a single program, the expectation is that the most stringent requirements will be adopted for program guidance.