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Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools


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[PDF] Overview of Charter Schools in California

August 3, 2016 - Presented to Senate Education Committee

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[PDF] Overview of Charter Schools in California

March 12, 2019 - Presented to: Charter Task Force

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[PDF] Overview of Charter School Proposals (Senate)

March 21, 2013 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education

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[PDF] Charter School Authorization in California

October 23, 2017 - Presented to: Senate Education Committee

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[PDF] Overview of Charter School Proposals (Assembly)

April 16, 2013 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

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Assessing California's Charter Schools

January 20, 2004 - We recommend that the Legislature (1) remove the cap on the number of charter schools that may operate in the state, (2) restructure the charter school categorical block grant, (3) strengthen charter school oversight by permitting school districts to opt out of charter authorizing, allowing for multiple authorizers, and creating safeguards to promote stronger accountability and (4) modify fee policies by delineating more clearly between facility fees and oversight fees, capping these fees, and eliminating the mandate-claims process for oversight costs.

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[PDF] The Impact of SB 740 on California’s Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools (RAND Corporation)

February 16, 2005 - Chapter 892, Statutes of 2001, (SB 740, O’Connell), directed our office to extend our contract with the RAND Corporation to include an assessment of the state’s process for funding nonclassroom-based charter schools. RAND found that the state’s funding determination process had reduced nonclass-room-based charter schools’ possible misuse of funds. The process also resulted in non-classroom-based schools increasing spending on instruction and teacher compensation. It did not, however, result in an increase in students’ exposure to teachers. Compared to the state’s existing “threshold” funding approach, RAND suggests the state use a more holistic funding determination process that still could detect possible financial wrong-doing without triggering automatic funding cuts for schools that might have reasonable justifications for their different expenditure patterns. Report Summary

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The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

February 15, 2024 - In this report, we assess the architecture of the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and analyze his major proposals for K-12 education.

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An Overview of the Local Control Funding Formula

July 29, 2013 - The LCFF, enacted as part of the 2013-14 budget package, establishes a new uniform funding formula and a new system of academic accountability. The formula replaces revenue limits and most categorical programs with uniform base rates for all pupils and provides significantly more funding for English learner and low-income students. The new system of academic accountability requires school districts and charter schools to publicly report how they will use the funds provided under the formula, as well as establishes a new system of support and intervention support for underperforming school districts and charter schools. While the transition to the LCFF begins in 2013-14, it will take several years before all provisions are fully implemented and districts and charter schools are fully funded to formula targets. Moreover, a number of key decisions have yet to be made regarding the implementation of the new fiscal and academic accountability provisions.

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[PDF] History and Development of Charter School Policy in California

August 7, 2006 - Presented to Senate Select Committee on California's Master Plan for Education, Informational Hearing on Charter Schools.

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[PDF] Independent Study and Technology-Based Instruction

March 19, 2013 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

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[PDF] Independent Study and Technology-Based Instruction

May 9, 2013 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education