The 2014-15 Budget: Maintaining Education Facilities in California

(To use state lease revenue bonds for maintenance, the university typically has to undertake a special process known as “asset transfer ” to identify sufficient collateral.) To use its new authority, CSU would be required to submit project proposals to DOF for approval, with a 60 –day notification period provided to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/education-facilities/maintaining-facilities-041114.aspx

The 2014-15 Budget: State Worker Salary, Health Benefit, and Pension Costs

Some of the proposed position changes reflect transferring positions from one department to another. (The Employment Development Department has developed a plan to increase its position authority by a few hundred positions more than was presented in the Governor ’s budget —and presented in Figure 5 —to address concerns about customer service at the department.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/state-compensation/state-compensation-030414.aspx

2014 Cal Facts

Debt–Service Ratio Expected to Remain Under 6 Percent Percent of General Fund Revenues Spent on Debt Service The state ’s debt –service ratio —the percent of the state ’s General Fund revenues and transfers spent to pay interest and principal on its bonds —is one indicator of the state ’s debt burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/calfacts/calfacts-2014.aspx

Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process

However, SCO does not receive —and thus does not record —the amount kept by counties or cities. The Judicial Council also compiles a separate, unaudited record of how these collections revenues should be distributed among various local government funds and state trial court funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/criminal-justice/debt-collection/court-ordered-debt-collection-111014.aspx

California Community Colleges: A Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012

The legislation requires community colleges to create two –year (60 unit) degrees (known as “associate degrees for transfer ”) that are fully transferable to CSU. A student who earns such a degree is automatically eligible to transfer to the CSU system.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/ccc-student-success/progress-report-SSA-070114.aspx

Analysis of Education Mandates

If the city or county chooses to levy a developer fee under these circumstances, state law requires the school district to report certain information to the city and county regarding the fee revenue it receives and its spending on facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/mandates/education-mandates-022614.aspx

Addressing California’s Key Liabilities

Proposition 42 (2002) required the state to transfer revenue from the sales tax on gasoline to the TIF. The state was allowed to suspend these transfers and use the funds for other budgetary purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/liabilities/addressing-california-key-liabilities-050714.aspx

The 2015-16 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Transfer Entitlement Program This program is for graduates of California high schools who transfer from a CCC to a qualifying baccalaureate degree granting institution. Students must also meet financial and academic eligibility criteria, and be under the age of 28 upon transferring.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/budget/higher-education/hed-budget-analysis-022715.aspx

The 2015-16 Budget: Centralizing State IT Project Management

Some of the projects managed by OSI include the state ’s automated welfare system, a case management payroll system, an electronic benefits transfer project, and a child welfare services case management system.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/budget/state-it/centralizing-project-management-032715.aspx

Next Steps for Improving State Accountability for Alternative Schools

(These schools either had fewer than 11 students take the tests, or most of the students the schools tested had transferred midyear, so their scores counted towards the school from which they had transferred.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/edu/alt-ed/improving-accountability-051615.aspx