Improving Services for Migrant Students

Large Carryover Balance Is Largely Due to Timing Issues From Previous Years. The accumulation of MEP carryover funds is primarily due to a fiscal calendar change that occurred in 2003. The change meant MEP centers received a full 12-month grant appropriation in 2002-03 but had only ten months to expend the funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/migrant_ed/migrant_education_021506.htm

^[PDF] Improving Services for Migrant Students

Around 25 percent live on the Central Coast. Around 60 percent of the state’s school districts have migrant students in their classrooms. Around 70 percent of the state’s migrant students are in grades K-12.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/migrant_ed/migrant_education_021506.pdf

SANDAG: An Assessment of Its Role in the San Diego Region

The region’s mild climate, natural beauty, 70-mile long coastline, large state and national parks, and many attractions draw over 25 million visitors a year. Governance in San Diego Political tradition in the United States long has placed an emphasis on local governance.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/sandag/sandag_033006.htm

^[PDF] Supplemental Report of the 2006 Budget Act

The department may enter into an operating agreement for up to 25 years with the City of Woodland, with the State’s option to extend up to an additional 25 years, for the continued operation and maintenance of the Woodland Opera House SHP with daily operations provided by WOH, Inc. 3.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/supp_report/supp_rpt_2006.pdf

Funding for Transportation: What the New Federal Act Means for California

How Should the Safe Routes to School Program(s) Be Structured? The new federal SRTS program will provide $68 million to the state through 2009 to fund improvements to nonmotorized transportation facilities in the vicinity of schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/2006/trans_SAFETEA/trans_SAFETEA_011906.htm

^[PDF] Improving Alternative Education in California

(Stu- dents in grades K-8 represent 15 percent of com- munity school and 25 percent of community day school enrollments.) Independent Study. State statutes define independent study as an “individualized alterna- tive education designed to teach the knowledge and skills of the core curriculum.”
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/alternative_educ/alt_ed_020707.pdf

^[PDF] Baldwin Hills Conservancy: Meeting Objectives; More Work to Be Done

However, we recommend extend- ing the conservancy’s sunset date by five years, to January 1, 2013, which is two years shorter than the conservancy’s initial, seven-year oper- ating period. We believe this shorter operating period is appropriate, given that the conservancy has been through the “development” period to establish itself as a conservation resource in the Baldwin Hills area.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/baldwin_hills/baldwin_hills_032707.pdf

^[PDF] After state adoption decisions have been made for a particular

After state adoption decisions have been made for a particular subject, school districts must purchase K-8 materials within 24 months. Given SBE adopts materials in some subject almost every year and, in some years, adopts materials for more than one subject, school districts must purchase new K-8 instructional materials virtually every year.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/instruct_material/instruct_material_052407.pdf

^[PDF] Improving State Nursing Programs to Ensure an Adequate Health Workforce

For example, a per-student bonus of $5,000 paid on an increase of 500 additional registered nurses per year (about 10 percent more than current levels) would cost $2.5 mil- lion annually. Under an alternative approach, a reduction in attrition from 25 percent to 15 per- cent from a cohort of 6,000 students would yield 600 additional graduations.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/nursing/nursing_052907.pdf

^[PDF] Supplemental Report of the 2007 Budget Act: 2007-08 Fiscal Year

(viii) The result of the calculation in paragraph (vi) shall be multiplied by the percent represented by the population factor as compared to the year‑ to‑year percentage change in the SAL as displayed in the 2006‑07 Budget Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/supp_report/supp_rpt_2007.pdf