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

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - The administration in January estimated that growth in per capita personal income would be 4. 25 p ercent. (For purposes of calculating the minimum guarantee, the data underlying the per capita personal income rate is lagged one year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals [Publication Details]

May 14, 2018 - In this report, we analyze the 2018-19 May Revision education proposals. We first provide an overview of Proposition 98 funding and then focus on the Governor’s major proposals for K‑12 education, child care and preschool, community colleges, universities, and student financial aid. In the pages that follow, we offer many specific recommendations for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3834

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - New COLA Affects Costs for Other School and Community College Programs. As the figure shows, the Governor ’s budget includes a COLA for several other school and community college programs. For schools, the largest program after LCFF is special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2018 - On April 27, 2018, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment for certain school and community college programs. In this post, we describe the new information and its implications for school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3816

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - In addition, DPH ’s new online application system, which it anticipates rolling out this calendar year, should result in needing fewer positions to process applications. Moreover, some CNA-related workload very likely will be temporary —for example, we anticipate an increase in applications and waiver request the next few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

The 2018-19 Budget: California State Library

Apr 13, 2018 - In addition, the state has funded various one-time initiatives in recent years, includ ing the Civil Liberties program and an online high school program. State Library Supported Primarily With State and Federal Funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3810

California Community Colleges State Operations

Apr 11, 2018 - In addition, the state adopted Chapter 735 of 2017 (AB 19, Santiago), which expanded the fee waiver program to all resident first-time, full-time students during their first year of college, regardless of financial need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3806

The 2018-19 Budget: Grant Delivery System Replacement

Mar 6, 2018 - In addition, during the last year, CSAC reports that the system has experienced over 25 unplanned outages. During these outages, students cou ld not submit applications or update their school information, high schools could not upload grade point average information, and colleges could not request Cal Grant payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3770

The 2018-19 Budget: Adult Education Analysis

Feb 15, 2018 - Depending upon the distributional effects of the base per ‑student rate, the state might wish to phase in the new rate over a few years. Consider Building Performance Component Into New Funding System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3752