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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LAO Compromise: Title II Carryover Funds
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June 17, 2008 - Agenda Pages 344, 348, and 358, Items 6110-195-0890, 6110-144-0001, and 6440-001-0001 LAO Compromise: Title II Carryover Funds
LAO Compromise: K-12 School Improvement Proposals
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June 17, 2008 - Agenda Pages 341 and 342—Issues 566, 567, 411, and 441 Items 6110-134-0890, 6110-125-0890, 6110-001-0001, and 6110-001-0890, LAO Compromise: K-12 School Improvement Proposals
LAO Compromise: CDE State Operations
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June 17, 2008 - Agenda Pages 338 and 339,Item 6110-001-0001—CDE State Operations, LAO Compromise
LAO Compromise: Authority for Student Aid Commission to Act as Lender-of-Last Resort
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June 17, 2008 - Agenda Page 370, Issue 050, Item 7980-001-0001, Language Only Authority for Student Aid Commission to Act as Lender-of-Last Resort (LLR)
LAO Compromise: Trailer Bill Language for EdFund Sale
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June 17, 2008 - Agenda Page 371, Issue 066 Trailer Bill Language for EdFund Sale
Back to Basics: Improving College Readiness of Community College Students
June 16, 2008 - Most students who enter California Community Colleges (CCC) lack sufficient reading, writing, and mathematics skills to undertake college–level work. Thus, one of the CCC system’s core missions is to provide precollegiate “basic skills” instruction to these students. In this report, we find that a large percentage of students do not overcome their basic skills deficiencies during their time at CCC. We identify a number of state policies that we believe stand in the way of student success, and recommend several structural and systemwide changes designed to help increase preparedness and achievement among community college students.
LAO Compromise: California Postsecondary Education Commission
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June 13, 2008 - LAO Compromise: California Postsecondary Education Commission. Agenda page 357. Item 6420-001-0001.
LAO Compromise: University of California Provisional Language Regarding Future Appropriations
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June 12, 2008 - LAO Compromise: Agenda Page 362—Item 6440-001-0001—University of California Provisional Language Regarding Future Appropriations
LAO Compromise: California State University Provisional Language Regarding Future Appropriations
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June 12, 2008 - LAO Compromise: Agenda Page 366—Item 6610-001-0001—California State University Provisional Language Regarding Future Appropriations
A New System of Support For Low–Performing Schools
June 10, 2008 - California currently operates two systems designed to turn around low–performing schools—one for state purposes and one for federal purposes. The two systems are uncoordinated and often duplicative, in addition to being poorly structured. We recommend replacing the two systems with an integrated system that serves both state and federal purposes. Under the new system, the state would support district reform efforts. Districts would receive different levels of support depending on the severity of their underlying performance problem and be given short–term funding linked to specific short–term district reform activities. By virtue of being integrated and district–centered, the new system would cost substantially less than the existing system and could be supported entirely with federal funding.
Overview of the Child Care and Development Budget
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May 21, 2008 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Overview of Proposition 98 Budget
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May 21, 2008 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Reading First Recommendation
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May 13, 2008 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
California's Economic and Budget Outlook (CASBO Annual Conference)
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May 12, 2008 - Presented to the California Association of School Business Officials.
K-12 Education Governance Reform
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April 29, 2008 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance