2001 Budget Analysis: California State University (6610)

Expansion of Current-Year Initiatives. The budget also augments three recently established initiatives. Education Technology Professional Development Program (ETPDP). The budget provides an $18.5 million augmentation for the ETPDP program —bringing total funding to $25 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_21_6610_CSU_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis: Student Aid Commission (7980)

For a student that receives an APLE warrant, the commission will pay off up to $19,000 of the student's college loan deb t, provided the student obtains a teaching credential and teaches in certain subject areas or in disadvantaged schools for a specified number of years (four years to obtain maximum value of a warrant).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_23_7980_SAC_anl01.htm

^[PDF] LAO 2001 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

Can a Year-Round Calendar Improve Achievement? A year-round schedule involves distributing the same number of school days as in the traditional calendar (180) but structuring the “breaks” at more intervals that are shorter than the traditional summer break.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_anl01.pdf

2001-02 Budget Analysis: General Government Overview

The State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) is the retirement system for teachers in public K-12 schools and community colleges. The STRS receives contributions from teachers and their employers. However, these contributions have historically been insufficient to provide for the cost of basic retirement benefits (which were enhanced by 1998 and 2000 legisl ation), the protection
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_02_overview_anl01.htm

2001-02 Budget Analysis: Department of Information Technology

Reduce by 25 percent the hiring of additional administrative law judges to assist in the hearing process. Forestry and Fire Protection Provide real-time fire perimeter mapping. Provide detection of low-intensity lightning-caused fires.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_06_0505_Dept_Information_Technology_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis:Secretary of State

This is $7 million, or 8 percent, less than estimated current-year expenditures. Expenditures fr om the General Fund total about $39 million, a decrease of $7 million, or 15 percent, compared to estimated current-year expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_09_0890_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis: Dept of Fair Employment and Housing

We recommend the department implement the program using existing resources during the b udget year and evaluate the workload during that time. If sufficient workload develops, a future request for staff and resources may be justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_12_1700_Dept_Fair_Empl_Housing_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis: Public Employees' Retirement System (1900)

The proposal would leave a fund balance of $10.8 million (89 percent of budget-year expenditures) at the end of the budge t year. Consequently, we also recommend that prior to budget hearings PERS advise the Legislature on the effect of reducing the 0.5 percent charge the state pays into CRF to reduce the reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_15_1900_PERS_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (2100)

Had the reduction in retirement expenditures not occurred, the fund would not have been sufficient to support ABC's current level of activities in the budget year. Based on current-year and proposed budget-year expenditures and revenues, the ABC fund will end the budget year with approximately $2.6 million in reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_16_2100_Dept_Alcoholic_Bev_Control_anl01.htm

2001 Budget Analysis: Department of Corporations (2180)

Typically, we recommend a prudent fund balance of around three months, or 25 percen t, of annual expenditures. For DOC, this level of reserves would total $5.9 million, or $32.1 million less than the indicated fund balance at the end of 2001-02.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/general_govt/gen_18_2180_Dept_Corporations_anl01.htm