^[PDF] A student’s right to a high-quality public education.

Background State Required to Provide a Public School System. The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2022/220508.pdf

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2022 - This post provides background on the California College Guidance Initiative, describes the Governor’s proposal for the program, and offers an associated assessment and recommendation to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4553

Year-One Survey: Update on School District Finance and Flexibility [Publication Details]

May 4, 2010 - Year-One Survey: Update on School District Finance and Flexibility [Publication Details] Video Description: We surveyed public school districts in California to see how they are responding to various state and federal developments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2266

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation

Jan 31, 2022 - Initial grants provide states up to $25  million to accelerate well remediation work. This funding has not yet been allocated, but the federal government will accept applications later this spring. Formula Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4508

^[PDF] An Overview: Governor’s Public Safety Bond Proposal

Key Provisions of Previous County Correctional Facility Bond Acts LAO 65 YEARS OF SERVICE L e g i s L a t i v e a n a L y s t ’ s O f f i c e February 14, 2006 Prior Legislation In recognition of local fiscal constraints, the bond acts of the 1980s and 1990s required a 25 percent matching rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2006/pub_safety_bonds_021406.pdf

^[PDF] High Quality Teachers Act of 2014

Current law requires school districts to evaluate teachers on a regular basis. Probationary teachers must be evaluated at least once a year. Districts must evaluate permanent teachers at least once every other year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130758.pdf

2013 Initiative Analysis: High Quality Teachers Act of 2014

Current law requires school districts to evaluate teachers on a regular basis. Probationary teachers must be evaluated at least once a year. Districts must evaluate permanent teachers at least once every other year.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130758.aspx

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Public Utilities Commission

This contrasts with the federal E-Rate program that determines the level of subsidy for schools based on the number of students at the school eligible for the National S chool Lunch Program. It uses the lunch program as a benchmark to indicate the poverty level at the school, thereby targeting schools with a higher level of students from low-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/resources/res_14_8660_anl04.htm

Child Abuse and Neglect in California - Part IV

Many Reports of Abuse Are Responded To Within the First Day January 1993 State law requires that county welfare departments provide an in-person response to reports of child abuse/neglect "immediately " if there is immediate danger to a child or within ten calendar days for all other reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/010596_child_abuse/cw11096d.html

^[PDF] 2006-07 Overview of the Governor's Budget

In the current year, funding increases $25 per pupil to $7,427 because the Governor proposes roughly the same spending level as in the 2005‑06 Budget Act but estimates 21,000 fewer students. Per pupil spending in 2006-07 is $8,030, an increase of $604 per pupil, or 8.1 percent, from the revised current-year level.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/budget_ov/2006-07_budget_ov.pdf