^[PDF] 1963 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

It is often pointed out that California is one of 25 states which do not aid local libraries; it often goes unmentioned that many of the 25 states which do grant financial assistance to local library jurisdic- tions lack well-developed city and county library systems such as obtain in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1963/26_local_assistance_1963.pdf

State sales tax and teacher compensation. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2017 - Over the past few decades, the Proposition  98 guarantee has grown at an average rate of about 5  percent per year, though annual growth can vary considerably from year to year. Each year, the Legislature determines how to split Proposition  98 funds between schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-021

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - To be eligible for UC admission, entering freshmen must have completed certain high school courses, generally have obtained high grade point averages (GPA), and generally rank among the top of their graduating high school class.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - SAL = state appropriations limit; CAC = California Arts Council; CSSSA = California State Summer School for the Arts; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CSL = California State Library; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; DCA = Department of Consumer Affairs; DCC = Department of Cannabis Control; DFPI = Departm
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616/1

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

Mar 30, 2017 - The second time (known as “P-2 ”) runs from the beginning of the school year through April 15 and is certified in June. The third time (known as “Annual ”) covers the entire school year and is certified in February of the following school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3638

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - African American students, on average, miss much more school than other students. Twenty percent of African American students are chronically absent —meaning absent for 10  p ercent or more of the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

Districts' Pension Contribution Rates and Amounts [EdBudget]

Mar 4, 2020 - Thereafter, we assume payroll grows at CalPERS' assumed rate (2.875 percent in 2019-20 and 2.75 percent per year thereafter). Excludes contributions for classified employees not covered by the CalPERS schools pool. d Share of contributions from schools and community colleges each year is based on 2017-18 financial reports. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/349

^[PDF] 2000 LAO RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION

Through a complex series of calculations, this provision reduces each school district’s revenue limit payments on the basis that school district costs for contributions to the PERS are less today than in the 1982-83 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/recommended_leg/2000_recommended_leg.pdf

^[PDF] The 2016-17 Budget: Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 47

Of the $26.9 million in court costs identified by the administration, our analysis finds that $25 million is for workload associated with resentencing hearings that occurred in 2014-15. As noted previously, we believe that a more reasonable way to calculate net savings in a given fiscal year is to account for all costs and savings incurred within that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Reports/2016/3352/fiscal-impacts-prop47-021216.pdf

^[PDF] Special Education: Nonpublic School and Nonpublic Agency Study Final Report

Special Education: Nonpublic School and Nonpublic Agency Study Final Report 0-12 years 50.43 20.55 17.60 12-16 years 31.08 36.75 31.54 More than 16 years 18.48 42.70 50.86 Note: Data taken from California Special Education Management Information System (CASEMIS).
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/special_education_0998/special_ed_nonpublic_by_air.pdf