EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - LCFF —County Offices of Education $1,015 After School Education and Safety 547 Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program 25 Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program — County Offices of Education fiscal oversight 5 $1,964 3.1% a Consists of $744 million in General Fund gap funding, $25 million in property tax revenue from basic aid
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - During the economic boom that prevailed in the late 1990s, the state for several years provided more funding than was required by the minimum guarantee. Because the minimum guarantee generally builds upon the level provided in the previous year, such augmentations resulted in long-term increases in school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2017 - As a result, by the May Revision, the state could have more General Fund revenue than the Governor now projects, but much of that revenue would be required to go to schools and Proposition 2 reserves and debt payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3528

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees

Jan 12, 2017 - Third, some groups —such as veterans, the elderly, and school groups —can get fee exemptions. Many visitors to Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, for example, are school groups, contributing to more than half of their visitors paying no day use fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3527

Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees [Publication Details]

Jan 12, 2017 - Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees [Publication Details] Improving State’s Approach to Park User Fees Format: HTML Description: The state park system contains nearly 280 parks, serves about 70 million visitors each year, and costs over $400 million a year to operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3527

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21

Jan 10, 2017 - The proposed agreements have notably longer terms—ranging from between three years and five years in duration. The 13 proposed agreements tend to end about one year later than the agreements the Legislature has ratified since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3520

December 2016 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Jan 5, 2017 - For example, some taxpayers are likely deferring capital gains and other income realizations into calendar year 2017 on the assumption that the new Congress and the President-elect may reach an agreement to reduce federal capital gains and other tax rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/228

Evaluation of CSU's Doctor of Nursing Practice Pilot Program

Jan 5, 2017 - –granting programs (including UC ’s schools of nursing) and (2) previous attempts to develop joint CSU/UC doctoral programs in nursing “were unsuccessful. ” The committee also noted that launching a Ph.D. program at CSU would require “significant growth ” within nursing schools to boost research productivity among current faculty members and secure external funding to support that research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3521

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - Better Performance on Some School Metrics. Places that produce greater mobility tend to have schools with higher student test scores, lower student dropout rates, smaller class sizes, and more expenditures per student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Additionally, the Legislature included a requirement in Proposition 1E that all the funds be appropriated by the Legislature within a ten-year period. Ten Years Later, Most Funds Have Been Provided to Projects, but Billions Still Unspent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519