A Primer: Funding Higher Education [Publication Details]

Jun 30, 2005 -
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1332

Improving High School: A Strategic Approach [Publication Details]

May 9, 2005 - Giving districts greater latitude to use existing state and federal resources effectively to meet the needs of students. The Bottom Line While many critical factors are outside of the state’s control, we think our recommendations provide a strategic approach for how the state can contribute to improving high schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1322

A Primer: California's Wildland Fire Protection System [Publication Details]

Apr 12, 2005 - California's wildland fire protection system involves multiple levels of government, requires significant levels of personnel and equipment, and relies on a complex series of interagency agreements. This primer is intended to assist the Legislature in understanding how wildland fire protection services are delivered and the major cost drivers affecting spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1309

Pesticide-Related Expenditures Across State Agencies [Publication Details]

Apr 4, 2005 - Pesticide-Related Expenditures Across State Agencies [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1307

Part "D" Stands for "Deficit": How the Medicare Drug Benefit Affects Medi-Cal [Publication Details]

Mar 15, 2005 - The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act, also referred to as the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) makes significant changes to the federal Medicare program. The implementation of the Medicare drug benefit component of MMA, known as Part D, is likely to cause significant net financial losses to the state for years and have other major programmatic impacts on Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1282

CDC Disciplinary Confinement Practices Need Improvement [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - As a means of controlling prison violence, CDC has established several “disciplinary confinement” options, including administrative segregation and special housing units. Despite increasing use of such options, data show inmate assaults (and the associated state costs) continue to increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1257

School District Financial Condition [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - The state continues to have inequities in revenue limit (general purpose) funding across school districts. We recommend an approach to address both of the problems, allowing declining enrollment districts to increase their per pupil revenue limit until they reach the equalization target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1276

Towards a More Systematic Rate-Setting Model for Regional Centers [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - Our analysis finds that the way the state sets rates for vendors who provide community services for the developmentally disabled on the whole lacks a rational and consistent approach. We review how rates are set for these services and offer an improved and systematic approach that could achieve significant state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1285

State Needs Unified Strategic Approach to Homeland Security [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - State Needs Unified Strategic Approach to Homeland Security [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1261

Student Fees [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - We describe the fee increased proposed for the state's public universities in the Governor's 2005-06 budget. We raise concerns with how revenue from these fee increases would be treated in the proposed budget. We also recommend that the Legislature adopt a fee policy that pegs the fees students pay to a fixed share of their educational costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1265