^[PDF] The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Upon deciding its core policy objectives, the Legislature this year or in coming years might pursue one or more of these options. Legislature Could Adopt a More Strategic Approach to Retiring the K-12 Mandate Backlog.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3741/prop98-ed-analysis-020718.pdf

Fiscal Outlook: Key Economic Assumptions [EconTax Blog]

Nov 20, 2019 - Below are summaries of the key economic assumptions underpinning the economic growth scenario through 2024 in our November 2019 Fiscal Outlook. (The outlook also discusses how state revenues would perform in a hypothetical recession scenario.)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/413

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

^[PDF] May Revision Changes to Proposition 98

LAO 65 YEARS OF SERVICE 12L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E May 16, 2006 Use Ongoing Resources to Restore and Enhance Base Program Instead of Creating New Initiatives. Shift Focus From Low-Performing Schools to High-Priority Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2006/MR_051606.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of Migrant Education Program

Services include supplemental instruction during the regular school year and summer, as well as health-related, parent involvement, and staff development activities.  Students Qualify for MEP Services if Parents Have Made “Qualifying Move” Within Past Three Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2012/Overview_of_Migrant_Education_Program_050312.pdf

^[PDF] The Educational Technology Local Assistance Program: A Sunset Review

These schools represent two-thirds of the total number ofschools statewideand enroll 78 percent of the state's students. (For purposes of these calculations, a "schoof' includes programs operated by such entities as county offices of education and regional occupational centers.) • Although demand for funds has ex- ceeded theavailable amount in each year, a significant number of schools have not applied for adoption/expansion grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1988/445_0888_the_educational_technology_local_assistance_program_a_sunset_review.pdf

^[PDF] 1961 Budget Analysis: Highway Patrol

Our study indicates that approximately 100 man-years of uniformed officer strength is spent on these two functions, although the department contends that 30 man-years are so spent, It is understood that historically the function of licensing the school bus driver was, and is, the responsibility of the Department of Motor Vehicles, but because of
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1961/10_chp_1961.pdf

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Charter Schools

Even if no new programs were created in the future and 22 categorical programs were shifted into revenue limits in the budget year, charter schools still would have to apply separately for more than 20 existing categorical programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_07_charter_schools_anl04.htm

2000 Budget Perspectives: Major Expenditure Proposals

Older School Buses Are Significant Polluters. Of the 24,000 school buses operating in the state, most have diesel engines and about 1,900 predate 1977, the year when major federal safety standards took effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/2000_pandi/part4b/part4b_pandi00.html

2000 Budget Analysis: ARB_3900

School Buses Are a Major Source of Pollution. Of the approximately 24,000 school buses operating in the state, about 97 percent have diesel engines and about 1,900 are "pre-1977" busesthe year in which major federal safety st andards for school buses took effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/resources/res_16_arb_3900_anl00.htm