The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - The budget provides $100,000 for the Sacramento County Office of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and CDE, to update distance learning curriculum and instructional guidance for mathematics in alignment with the new mathematics framework adopted by the State Board of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool $5,163 a Includes $504 million for State Preschool. Requires Development of Alternative Methodology for Single Child Care and Preschool Rate Structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details]

Nov 17, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4817

How Does Tech Company Equity Pay Affect Income Tax Withholding? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2023 - The figure below illustrates this growth, with estimated withholding from the state ’s largest tech companies —including Apple, Google, Nvidia, and Meta —growing a share of state income tax withholding.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/789

How Does Tech Company Equity Pay Affect Income Tax Withholding? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2023 - The figure below illustrates this growth, with estimated withholding from the state ’s largest tech companies —including Apple, Google, Nvidia, and Meta —growing a share of state income tax withholding.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/789

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - State Law Allows Transgender and Nonbinary Students to Participate in Either Girls State or Boys State Conferences. The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Organization operate separate week-long leadership conferences for high school students known as Boys State and Girls State conferences.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Nov 8, 2023 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2023-24 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4814

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - We estimate that the state ’s total contributions towards employee health premiums in 2023-24 is about $3  billion. Pension. The state pays a percentage of state employee salaries to fund pension benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership [Publication Details]

Nov 8, 2023 - In this brief, we provide an overview of the establishment of the Receivership, changes to prison medical care made by the Receiver, and the steps that the state needs to complete in order to exit the Receivership.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4813

Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership

Nov 8, 2023 - An estimated $194  million was added to the state budget from 2002 ‑03 through 2006 ‑07 to address the problems identified in prison medical care. However, upon further review of the state ’s performance, the federal court found that the state had failed to comply with its orders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4813