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Format: February 25, 2014 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance Format: Review of School Transportation in California February 25, 2014 - In 2013-14, the Legislature undertook a major restructuring of school finance but retained the state’s Home-to-School Transportation (HTST) program.
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The Governor's Proposition 98 wall of debt plan also includes a reasonable multiyear approach to paying off all outst anding school and community college obligations one year before the expiration of Proposition 30 revenues.
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We make a number of recommendations in the report, including (1) continuing the exemption for most re gionally accredited schools but conducting a limited review of business practices for a small number of these schools that are deemed higher risk, (2) reducing the scope of reviews for some nationally accredited schools that currently are subject
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While the transition to the LCFF begins in 2013-14, it will take several years before all pro visions are fully implemented and districts and charter schools are fully funded to formula targets. Moreover, a number of key decisions have yet to be made regarding the implement ation of the new fiscal and academic accountability provisions.
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After years of "boom and bust" budgeting, California's leaders now have the opportunity to build a budget for future years that gives the state more choices abo ut how to build reserves in times of healthy revenue growth, prioritize future state spending, and pay off past debts.
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We recommend that the Legislature adopt a plan that aims to fully fund CalSTRS' unfunded liabilities in about 30 years. A companion video further explains our findings and recommendations. Format:
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For the most part, the year-over-year budget changes reflect caseload changes , technical budget adjustments, and the implementation of previously enacted policy changes, as opposed to new policy proposals.
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These two assumptions produce unreasonable outcomes for schools and the rest of the state budget in the near term and long term. In particular, the Governor’s approach would ratchet down the Proposition 98 base in some yea rs (including 2011-12), ratchet up the base in other years (including 2012-13), and, in some cases (including 2012-13 and 2014-15), lead to schools receiving almost exclusive benef it from any growth in state revenues.
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