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

Apr 30, 2012 - The 2012-13 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal [Publication Details] The 2012-13 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal Format: HTML Description: The FI$Cal project recently completed a procurement and selected the vendor who will build FI$Cal, the state's single, fully integrated financial information system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2624

School District Fiscal Oversight and Intervention [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2012 - Most notably, during the more than 20 years the new system has been in effect, 8 districts have received emergency state loans whereas 26 districts required such loans in the 12 years prior to the new system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2622

Cash management options for charter schools

Apr 26, 2012 - 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. School districts and charter schools currently receive $9.4 billion (roughly 20 percent of Proposition 98 funding) in late state payments (receiving cash in 2012-13 for costs incurred in 2011-12).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/589

Funding determination process for nonclassroom-based charter schools

Apr 25, 2012 - Moreover, it would increase state costs by $20 million--providing more funding for certain schools without a clear rationale. Further Detail Background State Allows Charter Schools to Offer Nonclassroom-Based Instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/587

California revenues on track to be over $2 billion under administration target for April

Apr 25, 2012 - These results suggest that the state 's current budget problem may be a few billion dollars larger than estimated by the administration in January. It is not possible, however,  to extrapolate from these figures to a simple updated estimate of the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/588

MOU Fiscal analysis: Bargaining Units 12, 16, 18, and 19 [Publication Details]

Apr 20, 2012 - We reviewed the proposed Memorandum of Understanding for Bargaining Units 12 (Craft and Maintenance), 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists), 18 (Psychiatric Technicians), and 19 (Health and Social Services/Professionals). If adopted, the MOUs would result in modest increases in state costs for employee compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2619

Providing Constitutional and Cost-Effective Inmate Medical Care [Publication Details]

Apr 19, 2012 - These recommendations include establishing an independent oversight board, taking steps to address current operational efficiencies to bring state expenditures to a more sustainable level, and establishing a pilot project to contract for medical care services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2618

Funding for Clark v. California compliance monitoring and training

Apr 18, 2012 - According to the department, these resources are needed to ensure that the state is fulfilling the court-approved remedial plan. Of this proposed funding, $1.8 million would be used to hire 12 additional headquarters staff to conduct reviews of each of the state ’s prisons to assess whether inmates with developmental disabilities are being provided appropriate accommodations in accordance with the remedial plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/585

Personnel Specialist staffing ratios

Apr 17, 2012 - The project cost the state $166 milli on to develop and deploy. In the BIS project documents, CDCR indicated the project would improve its human resources management. We estimate that if the current staffing ratios were adjusted to reflect those of other large state departments, the CDCR budget could be reduced by $13.1 million and 180 positio ns in the budget year, creating substantial ongoing savings for the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/583

The 2012-13 Budget: Funding Requests for High-Speed Rail [Publication Details]

Apr 17, 2012 - Consistent with the HSRA's revised business plan, the Governor’s budget plan for 2012-13 requests $5.9 billion to continue the high-speed rail project--$2.6 billion in state bond funds matched with $3.3 billion in federal funds to begin construction in the Central Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2617