LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill General Government Departmental Issues 3

California has over 800 local law enforcement agencies--sheriffs; city police; university, college, school district police departments; the California Highway Patrol (CHP); state p ark rangers; and fish and game wardens--each responsible for law enforcement within their respective jurisdictions.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill General Government Departmental Issues 5

Under current law, the PERS is responsible for developing employer contribution rates each year based on actuarial analyses. At the time this Analysis was prepared, a final determination of these rates had not been made.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill General Governent Overview Issues

This program provides $75 million to cities and counties for police and sheriffs' patrol services and $25 million to counties for prosecution and jail services. Regulatory Activities A total of 20 agencies are responsible for providing regulatory oversight of various consumer and business issues.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Health and Social Services Overview Issues

Overview Health and Social Services General Fund expenditures for health and social services programs are proposed to increase by 2.5 percent in the budget year. This increase is due primarily to a variety of workload and cost increases, full-year funding of a new health insurance program implemented in the current year, and the provision of state matching funds for the new federal Welfare-to-Work block grant.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Higher Education Crosscutting Issues

By contrast, the rate for those 25 years old and older fell from 5.4 to 4.2  percent over this same period. Because there are almost seven times as many adults 25 years old or older than there are in the 18 to 24 year old group, and because the percentage of older adults has increased significantly over the
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Higher Education Departmental Issues 1

According to UC, reducing the eligibility pool from 20.5 to 12.5  percent would require UC to increase the required minimum high school grade-point-average (GPA) from 3.3 to 3.65. (The GPA scale has changed in recent years.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill Information Technology Issues

The Division of Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) is implementing new legislation (Chapter  588, Statutes of 1997 [AB 1610, Ortiz] and Chapter  589, Statutes of 1997 [AB 1612, Alby]) that requires that all school employees and applicants must undergo criminal background checks.
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LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill K12 Departmental Issues 2

Other Issues Charter Schools Evaluation We recommend the Legislature use $400,000 in Goals 2000 funds to support the State Department of Education evaluation of the Charter Schools Act. We further recommend the budget subcommittees include trailer bill language extending by two years the due date of the report.
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1998-99 Perspectives and Issues: Perspectives on State Revenues Part II

However, they picked up momentum in the summer months, increasing by nearly 7 percent from the prior year. Our forecast was prepared before taxable sales for the fourth quarter of calendar-year 1997 were known.
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1998-99 Perspectives and Issues: Perspectives on State Expenditures Part III

Research Does Not Support Longer School Year . The budget proposes to spend $400  million ($350  million in new funds) to extend the school year to 180 days by (1)  eliminating current statutory provisions that permit schools to use up to 8 days of the existing 180-day school
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