Findings and Recommendations

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State Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment

Research demonstrates the critical role that summer youth programs play in addressing the educational and health needs of children and youth – particularly low-income youth. Low-income youth not engaged in quality summer programs demonstrate “summer slide” which is the measurable learning loss and significant achievement gaps between lower- and higher-income children that typically widen over the summer. Youth are also more likely to gain weight during the summer months than during the school year, with the largest gains among racial and ethnic minorities, although research shows that participation in structured summer programming can lead to lower rates of obesity among youth. Despite evidence that points to the positive impacts summer programming can have on youth, polling data shows that many parents in California cannot find high-quality summer programming for their children.

The State Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment was designed to examine existing research and data and produce a set of recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on what the state’s role should be in addressing the educational and health needs of California's children in the summertime.

Hearing One Document Archive

Investments in Summer Learning | Executive Summary >> | Full Report >>
National Summer Learning Association, Partnership for Chidren and Youth

Investments in Summer Learning | Presentation >>
Sarah Pitcock, National Summer Learning Association

The (Not So) Skinny on Summertime and Child Obesity | Presentation >>
Joseph L Mahoney, PhD, University of California, Irvine

Senate Bill 798 Fact Sheet | Download >>

Summer Can Set Kids on the Right—or Wrong—Course | Research Brief >>
Karl Alexander, Johns Hopkins University

Summer Learning and the Achievement Gap | Presentation >>
Karl Alexander, Johns Hopkins University

Summer Learning Moving from the Periphery to the Core | Download >>
Education Commission of the States

Summertime and Weight Gain | Research Brief >>
Paul Von Hippel, Ohio State University

Hearing Two Document Archive

Agenda March 11 2010 Summer Task Force Hearing | Download >>

ARRA, School Improvement, and Summer Learning | Policy Brief >>
National Summer Learning Association

Summer Learning and California: Implications from the Field | Presentation >>
Jeff Smink, National Summer Learning Association

A Time to Learn, A Time to Grow | Executive Summary >>
Public Agenda

A Time to Learn, A Time to Grow | Presentation >>
Jon Rochkind, Public Agenda