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April 25, 1995 - Personal Responsibility Act of 1995: Fiscal Effect on California
April 1, 1995 - In this Update, we identify and discuss major changes to the state's budget outlook and cash position which have occurred since the Governor's 1995-96 budget was submitted in January. In mid-May the Department of Finance will release the administration's May Revision to its January budget proposal. The May Revision will include a comprehensive update of the revenue and spending estimates presented in the January budget, as well as a revised projection of the state's cash position through 1995-96. This Update presents a preview of some of the major budget-related changes that have occurred since January and their implications for the state's current budget outlook and cash projections. Shortly after the May Revision is released we will present our assessment of the revised budget proposal, including a reassessment of the budget's risks and assumptions, and a discussion of any issues for legislative consideration raised by the budget revisions.
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. Below, 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.
March 1, 1995 - The 1995-96 Governor's Budget includes a realignment proposal which would increase county funding responsibility for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program and for several children's services programs. Most of the additional county costs would be offset by increasing the state share of the trial court program and by a transfer of sales tax and trial court revenues to the counties.
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.
March 1, 1995 - (1) Trends in K-12 Education Funding, and (2) Economic and Revenue Developments
February 22, 1995 - 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.
January 6, 1995 - On March 7, 1994, Governor Wilson signed into law AB 971 (Ch 12194, Jones)-referred to as the ''Three Strikes and You're Out" criminal sentencing measure. In November, the voters reaffirmed the measure by overwhelmingly approving Proposition 184, an initiative that is essentially identical to Chapter 12.
January 6, 1995 - The California Department of Corrections (CDC) projects that the state prison population will grow by almost 70 percent in the next five years. Much of this growth will be driven by enactment of the "Three Strikes and You're Out" legislation. Building new state prisons to accommodate this growth will be both challenging and costly. In this report, we discuss (1) the CDC's inmate population projections and new prison needs, (2) the current status of funding for prison construction and renovation, and (3) the state budget implications of accommodating growth in the state's prison population.
January 6, 1995 - The “Three Strikes and You’re Out” Law—A Preliminary Assessment
January 6, 1995 - Accommodating Prison Population Growth
January 5, 1995 - LAO Annual Report Fiscal Year 1993-94
January 1, 1995 - Presented To: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2