Staff
- Sara Cortez
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(916) 319-8348
Special Education, Preschool, Child Nutrition, and Facilities - Kenneth Kapphahn
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(916) 319-8339
Proposition 98, School District Budgets, School Transportation - Lisa Qing
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(916) 319-8306
California Community Colleges - Michael Alferes
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(916) 319-8338
Local Control Funding Formula, Charter Schools, Alternative Schools, High School Career Technical Education - Natalie Gonzalez
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(916) 319-8320
California State University, Student Financial Aid - Dylan Hawksworth-Lutzow
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(916) 319-8308
Child Care, Expanded Learning, Teachers, and Education Technology - Edgar Cabral
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(916) 319-8343
Deputy Legislative Analyst: K-12 Education - Jennifer Pacella
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(916) 319-8332
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Higher Education
Publications
Education
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Presentation: California's Fiscal Outlook
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November 15, 2012 - Presented to the California Association of School Business Officials CBO Symposium.
Overview of State’s Child Care and Development System
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October 9, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Select Committee on High Quality Early Childhood Education
Propositions 30 and 38
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September 17, 2012 - Presented to Alameda County Office of Education
The 2012-13 Budget: Proposition 98 Maintenance Factor: An Analysis of the Governor's Treatment
May 31, 2012 - The Governor’s Proposition 98 budget package is built on two main assumptions regarding the creation and payment of “maintenance factor.” These two assumptions produce unreasonable outcomes for schools and the rest of the state budget in the near term and long term. In particular, the Governor’s approach would ratchet down the Proposition 98 base in some years (including 2011-12), ratchet up the base in other years (including 2012-13), and, in some cases (including 2012-13 and 2014-15), lead to schools receiving almost exclusive benefit from any growth in state revenues. We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor’s approach and adopt a budget package based upon a more reasonable approach. Specifically, under our recommended approach, maintenance factor is created any time school funding falls below the level otherwise needed to keep pace with growth in the economy, and maintenance factor is paid such that school funding is built up to the level it otherwise would have been absent the earlier shortfalls. We believe our recommended approach both keeps the underlying rationale for the creation and payment of maintenance factor linked and goes furthest in honoring the intent of Proposition 98 and Proposition 111.
Overview of Governor’s Child Care and Preschool Proposals
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May 23, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Assessment of Governor’s May Revision Proposals: Financial Aid
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May 21, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of Governor’s Child Care and Preschool Proposals
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May 21, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Proposition 98: May Revision Overview
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May 21, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
State Budget Update
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May 19, 2012 - Presented to California School Boards Association
May Revision Weighted Student Formula Proposal
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May 17, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
K-14 Mandates: May Revision Proposal
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May 17, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Reforming the State's Transfer Process: A Progress Report on Senate Bill 1440
May 11, 2012 - In an attempt to fundamentally reform the state’s transfer of students between the California Community Colleges (CCC) and the California State University (CSU) system, the Legislature and Governor enacted Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010 (SB 1440, Padilla). The legislation requires community colleges to create two-year associate degrees for transfer. Students who earn such a degree are automatically eligible to transfer to the CSU system as an upper-division (junior) student in a bachelor’s degree program. Our review finds that since the legislation was enacted, CCC and CSU have made some progress, but additional work needs to be done by both segments to achieve SB 1440's intended goals. For their part, community colleges need to increase the number of associate degrees for transfer they make available to students. It is incumbent on CSU, meanwhile, to maximize the number of academic programs to which these degrees can be applied. Toward these ends, we recommend the Legislature provide additional guidance and clarification to CCC and CSU on their responsibilities, as well as continued oversight to track their progress.
State Oversight of Private Postsecondary Education
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May 9, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review
Overview of Migrant Education Program
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May 8, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of Migrant Education Program
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May 3, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education