Estate taxes and financial aid for college. [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2017 - Funds first would be used to provide tuition coverage in the first year of college for Cal Grant B recipients and eliminate two Cal G rant B entitlement criteria —the requirements that students be recent high school graduates and meet academic criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-038

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - MICRA established that an injured adult party has one year after discovery of their injury to file a malpractice case, and that malpractice cases on behalf of a minor must be filed within three years from the date of injury.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

^[PDF] The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Annual increases of this magnitude likely would be more than enough to cover the statutory COLA for school and community college programs. Over the past 20 years, the statutory COLA has averaged 2.6 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3897/prop-98-outlook-111418.pdf

^[PDF] COVID-19 Fiscal Effects on Schools

X Significant Uncertainty Regarding Reopening of Schools „ Schools will be entering the 2020-21 school year with uncertainty about when and how schools will be able to reopen consistent with public health guidance.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2020/COVID-19-Fiscal-Effects-on-Schools-042820.pdf

^[PDF] Year_one Survey: Update on School District Finance and Flexibility

Recent State Actions Affecting School District Finance and Flexibility Last year, the state temporarily suspended various statutory and regulatory requirements af- fecting school districts. Each of the major chang- es is discussed in more detail below.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/edu/educ_survey/educ_survey_050410.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of Charter Schools in California

Charter School Oversight 6L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E August 3, 2016 Major Statutory Changes to Charter School Oversight Year Chapter Bill Change 1998 34 (AB 544, Lempert) Clarifi ed criteria for approving or denying charter petitions.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2016/Overview-of-Charter-Schools-California-080316.pdf

The 2019-20 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2019 - The PE ratio (Shiller PE ratio) currently is 30, whereas the average since 1990 is 25. Overpriced or not, stock markets perennially create uncertainty for the economy and the state ’s budget, as stock prices are subject to large, unpredictable swings at any time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4036

The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2020 - The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: This report provides our fiscal outlook for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4298

^[PDF] The 2004-05 Budget Bill, SB 1113, as Amended

Rejects the child care reform proposal to increase fees, and reduce provider rates, but does require fami- lies to seek after school care for their 11 and 12 year olds before receiving subsidized child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/2004/floor_packet/072804_Floor_sb1113.pdf

^[PDF] K-12 Education

(The Legislature may wish to consider our recent report, Year-Round School Incentive Programs: An Evaluation, in which we recommend-among other things-that any alternative program of financial incentives provide school districtswith no more than 50 percent of the state's "savings" and include safeguards to ensure that incentives are not merely a
https://lao.ca.gov/1990/reports/0890_K-12_education.pdf