High School Career Technical Education [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2018 - High School Career Technical Education [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/3779

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - The formulas also provide for “maintenance factor, ” which requires the state to accelerate school funding in strong revenue years to compensate for lower funding in weaker years. Given these formulas, General Fund spending on schools and community colleges tends to increase when revenues are growing and decline when revenues decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Proposed Changes to Veterans Home in Yountville

Mar 6, 2018 - It is our understanding that no decision has been made as to the future use of both the current SNF and memory care facilities following the completion of the new facility (expected to be completed in May 2024).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3771

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: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - Under SPR 7, STO will deploy all of its functions in FI$Cal in the first quarter of 2018-19 —one year later than anticipated by SPR 6. However, SPR 7 significantly changes the release of SCO functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals

Mar 1, 2018 - The budget act allows the Department of Finance (DOF) to augment CalFire ’s E-Fund budget during the course of the year, as needed. We note that California ’s fire response expenditures have increased in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - Calculation This Year Will Set Precedent for Future Years. The administration of the Medi ‑Cal funding formula under Proposition   55 t his year will have implications for how the calculation is interpreted and administered in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - In 2018-19, the first year of implementation of this calculation, the administration’s interpretations and estimates result in no additional funds to Medi-Cal. Two key choices lead to this result. First, the administration’s decision to subtract $3.5 billion from available revenues to account for its proposed optional reserve deposit significantly reduces the calculation’s starting point, eliminating a surplus that would have directed funds to Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3765

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - While we do not raise specific concerns about the administration’s funding requests, we recommend that the Legislature direct the administration to report at budget hearings on the proposed funding and submit formal proposals for any future budget-year funding requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - Participants would also have access to high school courses through CCC ’s existing contract with the John Muir Charter School. Allow Some CCC Corpsmembers to Participate in Selected Trainings. In addition to parolees, the program would allow up to 20 CCC corpsmembers at a time to participate in select trainings and certification opportunities to be identified by CCC and CalFire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762