LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Teacher Support and Development

If local programs appear to be working, SDE renews the grants for a total of four years. In 2001-02, SDE issued first-year awards to 49 schools ($2.4  million), second-year awards to 23 schools ($1.1  million), third-year awards to 47 schools ($1.5  million), and fourth-year awards to 8 schools ($1.1  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_05_cc_teacher_support_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Governor's Distinguished Math and Science Scholars Program

Thus, high school students already have strong incentives to take AP courses and to excel on AP tests. These scholarship recipients represent approximately the top seven-tenths of 1  percent of the state's high school students.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_06_cc_MathandScience_Scholars_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, K-12 Education Introduction

Partially restored a $250  million General Fund reduction for one-time school energy purposes by appropriating $75  million from the reversion account. The Legislature "paid " for these changes with the following two reductions to current-year reversion account appropriations: Deferral of $66.7  million for the School Bus Safety II mandate, pending review of the mandate cost by the State Auditor and the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_07_K-12_Intro_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Discretionary Funds

To maximize the chances for improving educational results, however, the state must give local school districts and school sites more fl exibility to fit budgetary resources to local circumstances and needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_08_Discretionary_Funds_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Assessments

The department's assessment-related workload has increased in recent years for various reasons: STAR Has Grown. In 1998, the STAR program consisted of 42 grade-specific, subject-specific, tests. Currently, the program consists of 100 tests.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_11_Assessments_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Charter Schools

Conversion charter schools often maintain strong fiscal ties with their sponsoring school districts. Under current law, beginning in the budget year, all charter schools will have to participate in the direct funding model.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_15_Charter_Schools_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Other K-12 Issues

High-Tech High Schools We recommend that the Legislature eliminate the second-year appropriation for the selected high-tech highs because these schools will receive funding in the current year to enable them to leverage private funding sources for 2002-03.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_18-20_Other_Issues_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Introduction

These increases are understated due to one-time costs reflected in the segments' current-year budgets. For CCC, the budget proposes General Fund expenditures of $2.7  billion, which is $80.1  million, or 2.8  percent, less than the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_22_Higher_Education_Intro_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Intersegmental

Last year, the Legislature enacted Chapter  697, Statutes of 2001 (AB 75, Steinberg), which established a program to train all 15,000 principals and vice principals serving in public K-12 schools in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_23-26_intersegmental_anl02.htm

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, University of California (6440)

Student-based academic development programs such as the Early Academic Outreac h Program (EAOP) and the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program have been in existence for over 25 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_28_6440_anl02.htm