Staff
- Jackie Barocio
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(916) 319-8333
Child Care, Expanded Learning, School Facilities, and Teachers - Sara Cortez
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(916) 319-8348
Special Education, Preschool, and Child Nutrition - 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 State University, Student Financial Aid - Paul Steenhausen
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(916) 319-8303
California Community Colleges - Ian Klein
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(916) 319-8336
University of California; College of the Law, San Francisco; California State Library - Michael Alferes
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(916) 319-8338
Local Control Funding Formula, Charter Schools, Alternative Schools, High School Career Technical Education - 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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Overview of 2010-11 Higher Education Budget
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May 6, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Webcast: Year-One Survey: Update on School District Finance and Flexibility
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May 4, 2010 - In this video, Jennifer Kuhn discusses the new LAO report "Year-One Survey: Update on School District Finance and Flexibility."
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)
Overview of the Child Care and Development Budget
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April 22, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Federal Education Funds: An Update and Key Issues
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April 20, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Overview of the Child Care and Development Budget
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April 13, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Flexibility for School Districts: Recent Actions and Proposals
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April 8, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
The Master Plan at 50: Connecting Financing With Statewide Goals for Higher Education
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April 7, 2010 - Testimony of Higher Education Director, Steve Boilard, to the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education.
Overview of the K-14 Mandate System and Recommendations for Reform
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April 7, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Overview of Recent School Finance and Flexibility Actions
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April 6, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of 2010-11 Higher Education Budget
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March 24, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Committee Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of 2010-11 Higher Education Budget
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March 18, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education.
LAO Recommendations for 2010-11 K-12 Education Budget
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March 15, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Eligibility and Admissions in California Public Higher Education
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March 10, 2010 - Presented to Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education
Webcast: The 2010-11 Budget: Higher Education
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February 25, 2010 - Section director Steve Boilard discusses the LAO report "The 2010-11 Budget: Higher Education."