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April 4, 2017 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
April 4, 2017 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
April 4, 2017 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
March 30, 2017 - On March 28, 2017, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis released updated data on personal income. In this post, we describe the new data and the implications for school funding.
March 30, 2017 - In early March of 2017, the California Department of Education certified initial average daily attendance data for 2016-17. In this post, we describe how the state tracks attendance and discuss the implications for Proposition 98 and school funding.
March 30, 2017 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance
March 30, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance
March 30, 2017 - In this report, we assess the effects of recent changes in state funding rates on California Community Colleges (CCC) noncredit courses, and recommend that the Legislature explore four key issues moving forward. We believe that by addressing the appropriate funding rates for noncredit instruction, the respective roles and definitions of credit and noncredit instruction, the accessibility of such instruction across the state, and the system the state has for measuring the effectiveness of noncredit and adult education, the Legislature could improve significantly the effectiveness of noncredit and adult education in California over the coming years.
March 23, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
March 23, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
March 22, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
March 21, 2017 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
March 16, 2017 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals. The report has six main sections. In the first section, we provide background on child care and preschool programs in California. In the second section, we provide an overview of the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals. In the third section, we analyze the Governor’s preschool proposals and make associated recommendations. In the following two sections, we provide in‑depth analyses of (1) the state’s various quality improvement activities and (2) Alternative Payment agencies, which administer certain child care programs. The final section consists of a summary of the recommendations we make throughout the report.
March 10, 2017 - Our office recently released a brief, The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals, which provides information about the various programs affected by the steady decline in criminal fine and fee revenue deposited into the State Penalty Fund since 2008-09. This post provides more detailed information about the Bus Driver Training Program, one of the affected programs.
March 9, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education