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May 6, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
May 4, 2010 - In this video, Jennifer Kuhn discusses the new LAO report "Year-One Survey: Update on School District Finance and Flexibility."
May 4, 2010 -
We surveyed public school districts in California to see how they are responding to various state and federal developments. In particular, the survey asked districts to report how they were responding to the newly granted flexibility to shift funds among, as well as away from, approximately 40 state-funded categorical programs. The survey also asked districts to report how they were using federal stimulus funding.
We found that categorical flexibility is having a positive impact on local decision making and that the majority of districts generally appear to be using freed-up categorical funds to support core classroom instruction.
Also, roughly two-thirds of the federal stimulus funds were used to minimize teacher layoffs and the remainder
used to backfill reductions to categorical programs and make various one-time purchases.
Finally, we lay out a package of recommendations that the Legislature could adopt in 2010-11 to provide school districts with additional flexibility.
(Short video introducing this report)
April 22, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
April 20, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
April 13, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
April 8, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
April 7, 2010 - Testimony of Higher Education Director, Steve Boilard, to the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education.
April 7, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
April 6, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
March 24, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Committee Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
March 18, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education.
March 15, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
March 10, 2010 - Presented to Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education
February 25, 2010 - Section director Steve Boilard discusses the LAO report "The 2010-11 Budget: Higher Education."