Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - Additionally, retirements ’ impact on payroll growth may not be immediately offset by new teacher hiring, as schools face uncertainty around how best to address the ongoing impacts of the pandemic on in-person learning, as well as projected enrollment declines.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

^[PDF] "School Choice Amendment"

To the extent future Legislatures spend less per student on public K-12 schools and community colleges, the state would experience annual savings. Retirement Savings. Currently, each fiscal year state contributions to the State Teacher’s Retirement System (STRS) are equal to 5.6 percent of the total spent on public school teacher salaries in the prior calendar year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990287_INT.pdf

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - In addition, the budget includes $51  million General Fund (increasing annually to $78  million by 2024 ‑25) for COVID-19 workers ’ compensation claims related to Chapter  85 of 2020 (SB  1159, Hill).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - The medically tailored meals pilot program is a three ‑year pilot, which began in 2018, to provide Medi ‑Cal participants with congestive heart failure medically tailored meals. The 2020 ‑21 Budget Act extended the pilot through calendar year 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year. Children in California currently may enroll in free public schools in transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 12 (K-12).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

Water and Drought

Noncommunity Water System: Public water system that (1) regularly serves 25 or more of the same persons for more than 6 months but fewer than 12 months per year (referred to as “nontransient ”), such as a school, or (2) does not regularly serve at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months of the year (referred to as “transient ”), such as a rest stop or campground.
https://lao.ca.gov/Resources/Water

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Education Departmental 1 Issues

The $25  million represents supplemental elementary school book purchases of about $11 per K-4 ADA. Under our approach, in the budget year and beyond, elementary schools would have adequate funds for ongoing acquisition needs and complete flexibility to place books where most needed, whether in a classroom or in the library down the hall.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_depts1_anl99.html

The 2023-24 Budget: Increased Federal Authority For State Crisis Intervention Program

Feb 22, 2023 - As discussed above, it is expected that BSCC will be able to submit applications for about $15  million in additional SCIP funding per year in 2024 ‑25, 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27. However, at this time it is not clear how this money would be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4697

^[PDF] The 2012-13 Budget: Strategies to Maintain California’s Park System

The number of people who visit the state parks each year has remained relatively stable during the past five years at over 70 million visitors. In addition, the parks, particularly those with historic sites or unique ecosystems (such as tide pools), are popular destinations for school field trips.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2012/resources/state-parks-030212.pdf

Local Investment Reporting Mandate

Professional Standards Increased In recent years, leading professional associations for investment officials (such as the Government Finance Officers' Association [GFOA], and the Municipal Treasurers' Association of the United States and Canada) have played an increased role in improving local investment portfolio management practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/011800_investment_report/011800_investment_report.html