Staff
Sara Cortez
(916) 319-8348
Special Education, Preschool, Child Nutrition, and Facilities
Kenneth Kapphahn
(916) 319-8339
Proposition 98, School District Budgets, School Transportation
Lisa Qing
(916) 319-8306
California Community Colleges
Michael Alferes
(916) 319-8338
Local Control Funding Formula, Charter Schools, Alternative Schools, High School Career Technical Education
Natalie Gonzalez
(916) 319-8320
California State University, Student Financial Aid
Dylan Hawksworth-Lutzow
(916) 319-8308
Child Care, Expanded Learning, Teachers, and Education Technology
Edgar Cabral
(916) 319-8343
Deputy Legislative Analyst: K-12 Education
Jennifer Pacella
(916) 319-8332
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Higher Education
Florence Bouvet
(916) 319-8310
University of California; College of the Law, San Francisco; California State Library


Publications

Education

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Other

How Do Student Fees Contribute to Public University Funding?

November 11, 2009 - How Do Student Fees Contribute to Public University Funding? This is one of a series of issue briefs examining important questions about higher education funding in California. For more information on this topic, or to request other briefs from this series, contact the Legislative Analyst’s Office Higher Education section at (916) 319-8349, or visit our Web site at www.lao.ca.gov/highered.


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Key Requirements of Race to the Top Grants: Standards and Assessments

October 28, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Education Committee


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Key Requirements of Race to the Top Grants:Data Systems to Support Instruction

October 28, 2009 - Presented to:Assembly Education Committee


Other

What Has Happened With Year-round Operations?

October 21, 2009 - What Has Happened With Year-round Operations? This is one of a series of issue briefs examining important questions about higher education funding in California. For more information on this topic, or to request other briefs from this series, contact the Legislative Analyst’s Office Higher Education section at (916) 319-8349, or visit our Web site at www.lao.ca.gov.


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Preparing for the Next Round of Budget Adjustments: How Education Might Fare

October 14, 2009 - Presented to: Orange County School Boards Association and Association of California School Administrators, Region XVII


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Overview of Federal Race to the Top Grants

September 29, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Education Committee


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Overview of Federal Race to the Top Grants

August 26, 2009 - Presented to: Joint Hearing of Senate Education Committee and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee


Report

California Community Colleges: Raising Fees Could Mitigate Program Cuts and Leverage More Federal Aid

June 11, 2009 - New federal tax credit provisions allow the state to tap potentially hundreds of millions of new federal dollars for higher education. Because these tax credits will fully reimburse most California Community College (CCC) students for the fees they pay, the state could raise those fees (and revenue for CCC) with no net impact on most students. The purpose of this brief is to provide additional information—in a question-and-answer format—related to our recommendation.


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Consolidation of CPEC and CSAC

June 10, 2009 - Presented to Senate Education Committee


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Cal Grant Decentralization

June 10, 2009 - Presented to Senate Education Committee


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Overview May Revision: California Community College

June 5, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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K-14 Payment Deferrals

June 4, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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K-12 Flexibility Provisions

June 4, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Overview of the May Revision: Proposition 98

June 4, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee


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Education Mandates

June 4, 2009 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee