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In future years, employees will receive higher tota l compensation and the state will experience increased costs. UPDATE 9/1/11 -- Handout updated to include reference to a 2009 state law eliminating two state holidays.
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We recommend the Legislature replace the state's current syste m for financing school facilities with a new system. Specifically, we recommend the Legislature: (1) establish an annualized "expected facility cost" based on the replacement cost of existing school buildings; (2) provide an annual per-student grant that reflects a specified minimum state share of
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Format: January 21, 2015 - Presented to: Senate Education Committee Format: Analysis of School District Reserves January 21, 2015 - Last year the state adopted legislation to (1) cap school district reserves following deposits in the state school reserve recently established by Proposition 2 and (2) require dis tricts to disclose additional information about their reserves each year.
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In addition, we project over $700 million more in local property taxes for school districts. If the Legislature were to adopt our offi ce's higher revenue forecast and property tax estimates, General Fund spending under Proposition 98 would increase $2.7 billion, relative to the administration's May forecast.
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(In contrast to the other segments, we believe the state should not impose additional maintenance requirements on elementary and secondary schools at this time. The diffe rent approach for schools acknowledges the state’s recent decision to shift fiscal decision making and accountability for many aspects of schools’ operations—including maintenance— to the local level.)
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Format: The 2018-19 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance April 16, 2018 - In early March of 2018, we received data from the California Department of Education (CDE) on student attendance for the first half of the 2017-18 school year.
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Format: February 10, 2011 - Public Retirement Benefits: Options for the Future Format: Webcast: Public Retirement Benefits, Options for the Future February 10, 2011 - In this 15-minute video, LAO State Finance Director Jason Sisney describes why public employee retirement costs have risen substantially in recent years for California governments and the Legislature's options for creating new types of retirement benefits for future state and local employees.
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These include: ensuring each county has the same fiscal incentive to participate, providing participating counties greater funding certainty, promoting representative and consistently measured results, and potentially increasing near-term state savings on school spending.
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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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