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The mission of our ExCEL Expanded Learning Programs is to create and sustain "safe havens" at public schools where students and community members can access expanded learning opportunities and integrated education, health, social service, and cultural programs in our afterschool and summer programs.
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Expanded Learning Programs
Programs funded by 21st Century Community Learning Centers, ASES, ASSETS, and Expanded Learning Opportunities provide a safe place for students after school and during the summer, as well as opportunities for education and enrichment.
Quality Action Plan: The Bus
Our ExCEL programs strive to create high quality school-based afterschool experiences for youth. We imagine ourselves as a vehicle—supporting young people on their academic, social, and emotional journeys.
School Sites
ExCEL Expanded Learning Programs are currently operating in 87 elementary, K-8 middle and high schools.
City Partnerships
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SFUSD's ExCEL Expanded Learning Programs office contracts with over 25 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) who act as Qualified Lead Agencies to lead after school programs at all elementary, TK-8 and middle schools, as well as two high schools.
Every few years SFUSD opens a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process, and principals select a CBO from the list of Qualified Lead Agencies to manage the program at their site. Find the list of ExCEL Lead Agencies currently serving SFUSD schools on the ExCEL HUB website.
The ExCEL Expanded Learning Programs office does not typically contract directly with other providers for site-based services, but each Lead Agency is able to subcontract with other agencies as needed to provide enrichment programming and other types of services.
The ExCEL team reviews subcontractor requests to make sure they conform with contractual requirements, and either denies or approves the subcontract. Beyond that process we do not centrally manage subcontracts or enrichment offerings for each site's program.
The ExCEL HUB Link to this section
Find additional information including ExCEL's Quality Action Plan and Program Manual, annual evaluations, and after school program professional development opportunities, on the ExCEL HUB.
This page was last updated on July 9, 2026