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We advise the Legislature to focus on adopting realistic and ongoing budget actions to con tinue the progress the state has made in reducing its annual operating, or structural, deficit. We describe and assess the administration's major May Revision proposals.
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In addition to the inherent benefits derived from havi ng a modern, fully integrated financial information system for the state, proceeding with FI$Cal would also avoid substantial costs associated with replacing various individual fin ancial management systems over the next several years.
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For our analysis, we distributed a survey to all public school districts in the state asking them about their implementation of the teacher layoff process, used information provided by two state agencies--the California Department of Education (CDE) and the Office of Administrative H earings (OAH)--and included information from the California Teachers Association (CTA).
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This new structure would allow the administration to better focus on the fiscal and programmatic issues unique to state hospitals. In 2008-09, the Office of State Audits a nd Evaluations (OSAE) conducted an audit which outlined the problems state hospitals experienced, concluding that staffing did not adequately reflect hospital workload, funding
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As a result, by 2010 the UI funds in 32 states were insolven t, forcing those states to obtain loans from the federal government to continue payment of UI benefits. In this report, we conduct a comparative analysis of the UI programs in all 50 states and Washington D.C. to provide context for the Legislature in considering potential solutions to California's UI insolvency.
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Many states sought loans from the fede ral government. As of June 2011, California’s outstanding federal loan totaled over $10 billion. Three federal proposals have recently been introduced to address the insolvency is sue.
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The Governor’s plan to address this shortfall and leave the state with a $1.2 billion reserve at the end of 2011-12 has many positive aspects. It wo uld help bring annual spending and resources much closer in line for the next five years, and its focus on reducing budgetary debt obligations is laudable.
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Gilbert Cedillo, Chair Format: February 14, 2011 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Budget Oversight and Program Evaluation Format: The Master Plan at 50: Guaranteed Regional Access Needed for State Universities February 14, 2011 - In this report we review how the Master Plan envisioned the California State University (CSU) as part of the
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Format: February 7, 2011 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and Revenue and Taxation Format: February 7, 2011 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and Revenue and Taxation Format: February 7, 2011 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Format: The
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