Reforming the State's Transfer Process: A Progress Report on Senate Bill 1440 [Publication Details]

May 11, 2012 - The legislation requires community colleges to create two-year associate degrees for transfer. Students who earn such a degree are automatically eligible to transfer to the CSU system as an upper-division (junior) student in a bachelor’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2631

School district fiscal oversight and intervention

May 7, 2012 - School district fiscal oversight and intervention 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/Recommendations/Details/593

Newly Identified Mandate: Crime Statistics Reports for the Department of Justice (DOJ)

May 2, 2012 - These mandates have been suspended in recent years.) Mandate Costs. Based on data from the State Controller ’s Office (SCO), we estimate that the accrued cost of adhering to these four requirements was about $146 million from fiscal years 2001-02 through 2010-11, with ongoing costs of ab out $17.4 million per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/590

Year-Three Survey: Update on School District Finance in California [Publication Details]

May 2, 2012 - Year-Three Survey: Update on School District Finance in California [Publication Details] Video Description: This report summarizes findings from our third annual finance survey of California public school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2626

Income taxes reportedly over $2 billion below administration's estimate for April

May 1, 2012 - The trends we identified in our revenue update dated April 25 continued into the month's closing days of revenue collections. As discussed below, combined collections of the two state income taxes (PIT and CT) appear to have been about $2.2 billion below the administration ’s projections for the month of April.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/592

Restructuring of Second-Level Appeals

May 1, 2012 - First, we recommend the Legislature eliminate two vacant ALJ positions in the budget year and four vacant ALJ positions in 2013-14 —as proposed by the Governor —for a savings of $354,000 in the budget year and $710,000 in the out years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/591

The 2012-13 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2012 - In addition to the inherent benefits derived from having a modern, fully integrated financial information system for the state, proceeding with FI$Cal would also avoid substantial costs associated with replacing various individual financial management systems over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2624

School District Fiscal Oversight and Intervention [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2012 - Under this system, County Offices of Education review the fiscal condition of school districts at several points during the year and provide additional support for districts showing signs of fiscal distress.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2622

Cash management options for charter schools

Apr 26, 2012 - Short-term financing has been an ongoing concern for school districts that rely heavily on property tax revenues, given the first property tax payment of th e fiscal year is not due until December . More recently, school districts and charter schools have increased their short-term borrowing in response to the various intra- and inter-year payment deferrals adopted by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/589

Overview of Charter Schools and Their Funding [Publication Details]

Apr 26, 2012 - Overview of Charter Schools and Their Funding [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/2623