The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 16, 2019 - The administration indicates schools may use these funds for either (1) special education services for students with disabilities or (2) early intervention programs for students not currently receiving special education services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3920

Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots [EdBudget]

Jan 15, 2019 - For Transitional Kindergarten, reflects preliminary estimates, as enrollment data are not yet publicly available for any year of the period. Table does not include slots funded through emergency bridge program for foster children. a Does not include certain community college child care slots (1,300 to 1,800 slots annually). b State Preschool wraparound slots for non-LEAs (funded by General Child Care) are shown in State Preschool—full day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/218

Child Care and Preschool Budget [EdBudget]

Jan 15, 2019 - Transitional Kindergarten enrollment data are not yet publicly available for any year of the period. QRIS = Quality Rating and Improvement System. CCDF = Child Care and Development Fund. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/216

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Separate from his proposals to pay down the CalSTRS unfunded liability, the Governor proposes providing $ 700  m illion over the next two years ($ 350  m illion per year) to provide school and community college districts immediate budget relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Proposition 51 Facilities Funding [EdBudget]

Jan 10, 2019 - For approved charter school projects, certain requirements must be completed within five years to receive bond funds. The Office of Public School Construction processes new construction and modernization applications by date received.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/202

Tracking Changes in Proposition 98 Funding [EdBudget]

Jan 10, 2019 - True-Up Account: The 2018-19 budget plan created the Proposition 98 true-up account to adjust school funding automatically when the minimum guarantee drops relative to previous estimates. The Governor's budget proposes to rescind the true-up account and address each year differently.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/203

Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance

Jan 10, 2019 - Additionally, schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program can serve meals at no charge to students who have been rendered homeless or who participate in D-SNAP. Federally Supported Disaster-Related Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3917

Main Types of Disasters and Associated Trends

Jan 10, 2019 - Frequency of Severe Fires Has Increased in Recent Years. As shown in Figure  7, the majority of the largest and most destructive (as measured by structures destroyed) fires in state history have taken place within the past 20 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3918

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - In doing so, FEMA considers whether the estimated/projected response costs exceed at least one of two thresholds—one for individual fires and one for multiple fires within a calendar year—based on the state’s population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

State Fiscal Health Index: November 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 4, 2019 - The index ranges from 0 (representing the lowest level in the last 25 years) to 100 (representing the highest level in the last 25 years). The higher the index, the better the conditions for state revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/339