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School Safety Issues

March 1, 1995 - Presented To Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No.1 - Hon. Nicholas Petris Chair

Report

Update California - Trends in K-12 Education Funding

March 1, 1995 - While California school districts are supported primarily from Proposition 98 funds (state funds and local property taxes), they also receive considerable support from other sources. In this report, we discuss K-12 education funding from all sources, first as proposed in the 1995-96 Governor's Budget and then over the past ten-year period.

Report

(1) Trends in K-12 Education Funding, and (2) Economic and Revenue Developments

March 1, 1995 - (1) Trends in K-12 Education Funding, and (2) Economic and Revenue Developments

Report

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill, K-12 Education Chapter

February 22, 1995 - Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill, K-12 Education Chapter

Report

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill, Higher Education Chapter

February 22, 1995 - Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill, Higher Education Chapter

Report

Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill, Capital Outlay Chapter

February 22, 1995 - Analysis of the 1995-96 Budget Bill, Capital Outlay Chapter

Report

Special Education Reform

February 22, 1995 - Special Education Reform

Report

School Safety Initiative

February 22, 1995 - School Safety Initiative

Report

Performance-Based Budgeting

February 22, 1995 - Performance-Based Budgeting

Report

Outcome Measures

February 22, 1995 - California Community Colleges Outcome Measures: focus more directly on outcomes of higher education, rather than inputs and processes.

Report

Mega-Item Flexibility

February 22, 1995 - Mega-Item Flexibility

Report

Meeting Workforce Needs

February 22, 1995 - Meeting Workforce Needs

Report

Implementing New Federal Education Legislation

February 22, 1995 - Implementing New Federal Education Legislation

Report

Federal Overhead Funds

February 22, 1995 - University of California: Federal Overhead Funds: a reallocation of federal overhead receipts to other critical needs within UC is justified.

Report

Implementing New Federal Education Legislation

February 1, 1995 - Within the past year, the federal government enacted three federal education programs: The Goals 2000: Educate America Act, The School-to-Work Opportunities Act, and The Elementary and Secondary Education: Improving America's Schools Act. These new acts reflect a new federal strategy for improving K-12 education, a strategy that is evident in four common themes contained in the acts. First, the new acts require states to set goals for what all students should learn. By creating statewide goals for all students, the federal acts seek to raise the standards for compensatory programs and reduce the fragmentation of services provided to students. Second, instead of a process-oriented oversight role, the acts seek to judge local programs by how well students are educated. This new approach to accountability provides more state and local flexibility over how to achieve improved outcomes. Third, a set of state improvement activities are defined that are common to each act. These activities revolve around technical assistance and staff development activities, plan approval and fund allocation, and setting specific performance standards. Finally, the acts encourage increased coordination among federal education programs. Coordination is designed to reduce fragmentation of federal programs at the state and local level.

Education Staff

Jackie Barocio
(916) 319-8333
Child Care, Expanded Learning, School Facilities, and Teachers
 
Sara Cortez
(916) 319-8348
Special Education, Preschool, and Child Nutrition
 
Kenneth Kapphahn
(916) 319-8339
Proposition 98, School District Budgets, School Transportation
 
Lisa Qing
(916) 319-8306
California State University, Student Financial Aid
 
Paul Steenhausen
(916) 319-8303
California Community Colleges
 
Ian Klein
(916) 319-8336
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, California State Library
 
Michael Alferes
(916) 319-8338
Local Control Funding Formula, Charter Schools, Alternative Schools, High School Career Technical Education
 
Edgar Cabral
(916) 319-8343
Deputy Legislative Analyst: K-12 Education
 
Jennifer Pacella
(916) 319-8332
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Higher Education