Unemployment Claims Update: August 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2019 - Unemployment claims have been relatively flat over the past year, fluctuating slightly around an average of about 175,000. This pattern signals a strong labor market and, contrary to other recent economic data , offers little evidence of an impending economic slowdown.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/400

Home Sales Update: August 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2019 - Home sales have been relatively weak for over a year. This pattern continued in August. In August, there were an estimated 26,700 non-distressed (not resulting from mortgage delinquency or foreclosure) home sales statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/399

Hastings College of the Law Budget [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - In 2019-20, Hastings is spending $750,000 of this funding for the first year of the initiative. It will spend the remaining $3.8 million from 2020-21 through 2024-25. The initiative covers tuition and a portion of living costs for two, three-year student cohorts from historically black colleges and universities and the American University of Armenia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/318

University of California Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - The Riverside and Merced medical school projects are authorized in budget provisional language. This language expresses legislative intent that the state General Fund pay the projects' associated debt service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/305

Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget] a Replaces one-time funding provided in 2018-19. b Backfills reduction in Proposition 56 funds previously used for UC operations. c Of this amount, $5 million is designated for enrollment growth and student services and $2.5 million is designated for upgrades to academic facilities. d For high schools having at least 75 percent of their students classified as low-income, English learner, and/or foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/304

Need-Based Financial Aid Award Amounts [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - The UC and CSU summer financial aid award amounts are calculated for a student enrolled in 12 units on a semester calendar in state-supported courses. Students who receive the Cal Grant B Access Award also receive a supplemental award funded by the College Access Tax Credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/315

Financial Aid Award Coverage [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Available for up to two calendar years. CCC BOG Fee Waiver Provides full enrollment fee coverage for CCC students. Available for unlimited years and for any number of units taken. CSU State University Grant Provides tuition coverage for CSU students who are not eligible for a Cal Grant but have financial need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/314

Five Notable Changes to Community College Apportionment Formula [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Uses a Three-Year Rolling Average to Calculate Outcomes-Based Funding. Requires the outcomes-based portion of the formula to be calculated using a three-year rolling average of student outcome data. In 2018-19, allocations to districts were based on o ne year of student outcome data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/298

Child Care and Preschool Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Child Care and Preschool Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]     All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate part day for 180 and 175 days per year, respectively. a Rates are weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving child care in each setting and county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/293

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - Despite the strong fiscal position of the state in recent years, the pay disparity between Unit 2 members and their local government counterparts persists. Lag a Major Issue at Bargaining Table. Based on information posted on the union ’s website (see public letters from the CASE president from August 14 , 22 , 23 , and 25 ), it seems that the parties intended to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095