Redefining Student Data Access Policy [Publication Details]

Jan 17, 2008 - Existing state and federal laws will limit the ability of California to use the state’s new longitudinal student data system once it is completed in 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1695

Teacher Quality [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - This would allow the state to retain its focus on teacher quality while simultaneously allowing school districts to pool their existing resources and use them more strategically. To ensure that the greater flexibility provided through a teacher quality block grant is balanced with greater accountability, we also recommend the Legislature develop a comprehensive teacher information system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1134

Child Care and Development [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2001 - Child Care and Development [Publication Details] Description: The 2001-02 Governor's Budget proposes $2.1 billion from the General Fund and federal funds for child care and child development programs--$1.4 billion General Fund and $756 million federal funds--in the State Department of Education (SDE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/792

Accountability and Low-Performing Schools [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2002 - We discuss the state's school accountability system, with emphasis on aspects of the system concerned with improving performance at so-called "low-performing" schools. We also discuss challenges posed for the state's accountability efforts by recent changes in federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/846

A Review of California's Compulsory Education Laws [Publication Details]

Feb 2, 2004 - A Review of California's Compulsory Education Laws [Publication Details] A Review of California's Compulsory Education Laws Format: HTML Description: Chapter 465, Statutes of 2000 (SB 1913, McPherson), requires the Legislative Analyst‘s Office (LAO), in consultation with the California District Attorney’s Association and the State Department of Education, to report to the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1074

The Impact of SB 740 on California’s Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools (RAND Corporation) [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2005 - Compared to the state’s existing “threshold” funding approach, RAND suggests the state use a more holistic funding determination process that still could detect possible financial wrong-doing without triggering automatic funding cuts for schools that might have reasonable justifications for their different expenditure patterns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1288

Governor's Scholars Program [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2000 - Governor's Scholars Program [Publication Details] Description: We recommend providing scholarships to the top 10 percent of students at each high school in order to (1) provide incentives for a more diverse set of students across the state and (2) increase the program's college outreach effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/685

After School Programs and Proposition 49 [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - As approved by voters in 2002, Proposition 49 requires the state to increase funding for the After School Education and Safety (ASES) program beginning in 2006-07.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1452

Special Education Mandate History, Funding and Legislative Intent: Questions and Answers [Publication Details]

Oct 13, 1999 - Special Education Mandate History, Funding and Legislative Intent: Questions and Answers [Publication Details] Description: We review the special education funding system and the legislative intent during the years before and after enactment of the state's Master Plan for Special Education: Chapter 797, Statutes of 1980 (SB 1970, Rodda).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/576

The Instructional Materials Program: A Sunset Review [Publication Details]

Jan 1, 1985 - As part of the sunset process, Chapter 1270 requires the State Department of Education (SDE) to review the instructional materials program and submit its findings to the Legislature by December 1, 1983.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/441