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All funds that make pension payments will repay the loan over the next decade or so. Authorizing l egislation gives the administration some discretion over how funds will repay the loan, but the statute includes a variety of repayment requirements.
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LAO Publications

All funds that make pension payments will repay the loan over the next decade or so. Authorizing l egislation gives the administration some discretion over how funds will repay the loan, but the statute includes a variety of repayment requirements.
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We discuss problems in the operation of the state's Developmental Centers (DCs) by the Department of Developmental Services, and recommend that oversight of the DCs be strengthened by the creation of an independent Office of the In spector General.
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We recommend the Legislature take a different appro ach and allocate any new funding first for the state’s highest existing education priorities, including debt service, pension costs, and paying down community college deferrals.
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These two assumptions produce unreasonable outcomes for schools and the rest of the state budget in the near term and long term. In particular, the Governor’s approach would ratchet down the Proposition 98 base in some yea rs (including 2011-12), ratchet up the base in other years (including 2012-13), and, in some cases (including 2012-13 and 2014-15), lead to schools receiving almost exclusive benef it from any growth in state revenues.
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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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