^[PDF] Comparing Funding for Charter Schools and Their School District Peers

Proposition 98 funding is comprised of both state General Fund and local property tax revenues. Our analysis primarily focuses on direct-funded charter schools, which make up approximately 75 percent of all active charter schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/charter-schools/charter-schools-012612.pdf

^[PDF] Year-Three Survey: Update on School District Finance in California

(Please estimate spending from all revenue sources, including federal and state funds, local property taxes, parcel taxes, and other funds.) Our district’s per-pupil spending has: Per-Pupil Spending Percent of Respondents Increased 13% Remained flat/about the same 5 Decreased less than 5 percent 11 Decreased by 5 percent to 10 percent 25 Decreased by 10 percent to 15 percent 21 Decreased 15 percent or more 25 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/year-three-survey/year-three-survey-050212.pdf

^[PDF] Insufficient ERAF: Examining A Recent Issue in Local Government Finance

In general, basic aid districts (1) receive comparatively high property tax revenue—because of substantial property wealth and/or they receive a higher share of the property tax (for more information on property tax allocation, see our report, Understanding California’s Property Taxes) and (2) serve a community with a comparatively smaller school- aged population.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/localgov/ERAF/eraf-121812.pdf

^[PDF] Evaluating the Policy Trade-Offs in ARB’s Cap-and-Trade Program

Government requires each firm to cut emissions in half. 4 tons of emissions Government sets a tax of $3 per ton. Market-Based Mechanism #1: A Carbon Tax 4 tons of emissions $3 tax is more than $2 cost to reduce: pays no tax, eliminates emissions. $3 tax is less than $4 cost to reduce: pays tax, does not reduce emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/rsrc/cap-and-trade/cap-and-trade-020912.pdf

^[PDF] Letter to Roger Dickinson

This general lack of knowledge is probably compounded by the fact that the property tax bill owners receive does not delineate how much of the base 1 percent property tax rate goes to each local government serving that property area.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/stadm/letters/dickinson_102111.pdf

^[PDF] Understanding California's Property Taxes

Economists use the five common tax policy criteria summarized in Figure 12 to objectively compare particular taxes. These criteria relate to how taxes affect people’s decisions, how they treat different taxpayers, and how the revenue raised from taxes performs over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/tax/property-tax-primer-112912.pdf

^[PDF] The 2013-14 Budget: California Spending Plan

Specifically, the budget package uses: • LAO estimates for 2012-13 and 2013-14 baseline property tax revenues. • DOF estimates of 2012-13 redevelopment agency (RDA) property tax revenues (both ongoing tax-increment revenues and one-time liquid assets). • LAO estimates of 2013-14 RDA tax-increment revenues. • DOF estimates of 2013-14 RDA liquid assets.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/bud/spending-plan/spending-plan-073013.pdf

^[PDF] California Community Colleges: A Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012

In 2013-14, the CCC system received about $7 billion in state operational support (which includes state General Fund, local property taxes, and student fee revenues). State Law Establishes “Open Access” Policy, Identifies Key CCC Missions.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/ccc-student-success/progress-report-SSA-070114.pdf

^[PDF] Review of the California Department of Education

Review of the California Department of Education
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/review-cde/review-cde-082814.pdf

^[PDF] Review of School Transportation in California

. • Provides additional funding for districts with lower property tax values. 1951‑52 State Creates a Special Education Transportation Program. • Reimburses 100 percent of associated costs (up to a maximum amount per pupil) for transporting students with severe disabilities. 1981‑82 State Revises HTST Formula (Part of State’s Larger Response to Passage of Proposition 13). •
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/school-transportation/school-transportation-022514.pdf