Water supply. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - The measure would not affect the minimum annual funding requirement for schools and community colleges. State Appropriations Limit Consideration. The State Constitution limits how much tax revenues the state can spend each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-014

^[PDF] Voting in California.

In recent years, the limit has been an important consideration in state budgeting decisions. Revenues in excess of the limit, over a two-year period, trigger a requirement for taxpayer rebates and additional school payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210482.pdf

^[PDF] 1961 Budget Analysis: Legislative Branch

In a special report requested by the Ways and Means Committee, we surveyed the procedures followed by the Judicial Council in carrying out its supervisory functions and recommended the use of more exact workload measurements and stronger exercise of responsibility con- cerning use of master calendars and other procedures which will pro- mote efficiency of the courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1961/02_legislative_1961.pdf

State Fiscal Health Index: December 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 5, 2020 - 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). Both the level of the index and changes in the index from month to month offer information about the state ’s fiscal health.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/432

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

Mar 18, 2021 - K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]     a Includes $50 million each year for Quality Rating and Improvement System. Beginning in 2019-20, excludes part-day programs operated by nonprofit agencies. b The 2020-21 budget plan provides an additional $4.8 billion in federal funds for learning loss mitigation. c The Governor's 2021-22 budget also includes $165 million in
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/486

Taxes to fund public schools and colleges [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2017 - Those in the state who are not parents of public school students pay tens of billions of dollars in state and local taxes and fees each year. It is difficult, however, to make a precise estimate of this amount or of the share of those taxes now used for public education.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-028

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

The Governor is concerned that districts funded according to the existing hold harmless provision are on track to experience fiscal declines when the provision expires at the end of 2024-25. To address this issue, the Governor proposes to create a new funding floor based on districts’ hold harmless level at the end of 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4531/Major-CCC-Proposals-021122.pdf

^[PDF] Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program

Third, we reviewed more than 25 studies examining similar interdistrict transfer programs in other states. We also examined administrative records and spoke with researchers and experts familiar with interdistrict transfer programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2016/3331/district-of-choice-012716.pdf

^[PDF] 1961 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

The practice has been that books are ordered in one year for delivery to schools the next; only seldom are books shipped from the state warehouse to the districts immediately upon receipt from the State Printing Plant.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1961/26_local_assistance_1961.pdf

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