The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out

Jan 8, 2018 - The care must be necessary to allow a household member to accept or continue to work, or to attend training or schooling that prepares the person for work. There is no cap on dependent care deductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3729

State Archives: Limited Space for a Growing Collection

Jan 8, 2018 - This method results in faster growth because a larger number of records are archived each year. The slow growth scenario, which our office produced, assumes a fixed number of record growth. This method results in slower growth because it assumes a constant number of records are archived every year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3730

State Archives: Limited Space for a Growing Collection [Publication Details]

Jan 8, 2018 - This alternative would require the state to begin a planning process within the next few years. Second, the Legislature could direct the State Archives to rely principally on digital records in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3730

Health insurer financial reserves. [Ballot]

Jan 5, 2018 - Together, state and local governments pay tens of billions of dolla rs for employee and retiree health benefits each year. Proposal Prohibits Rate Increases for Some Insurers When Reserves Equal or Exceed Specified Cap.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-048

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - Nearly 25 years after the state developed its early intervention system, the original rationale for this division of responsibilities is somewhat unclear. In conversations with stakeholders, we heard many suggest that schools have a long history of serving older children with HVO impairments and thus were well positioned in 1993 t o serve infants and toddlers with similar impairments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs [Publication Details]

Jan 4, 2018 - California’s early intervention system consists of three programs administered by two types of local agencies—schools and regional centers for persons with developmental disabilities. This report provides the first comprehensive analysis of this system since it was established in 1993.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3728

An Evaluation of CSU's Cross-Campus Online Education Program

Jan 3, 2018 - Historically, CSU ’s six ‑year graduation rates for undergraduate students have been below 50  p ercent and four ‑year rates have been below 15  p ercent. To address its low graduation rates, CSU launched a Graduation Initiative in 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3725

Funding for California’s health care safety net. [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2018 - Revenue placed in the California Care Fund would not be subject to certain constitutional requirements relating to state budgeting and spending, including minimum funding requiremen ts for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-047

General obligation bonds to provide funding for certain hospitals that treat children. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - Annual debt service costs would ramp up in the initial few years, peak at about $100  million per year, and ramp down in the final few years. Administrative costs, paid from the bond funds, would be limited to CHFFA ’s actual costs or 1  percent of the bonds funds, whichever is less.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-045

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - Under the measure, monies in the fund would be allocated as follows: 25  percent to elementary, middle, and high schools. 25  percent to community colleges and universities of California to offset tuition. 25  percent to inmate rehabilitation programs. 25  percent to youth crime prevention programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-046