^[PDF] State Education Funding Still at Risk Due to Dispute Over Prison Inmate Services

The federal government pro- vides funds to the state to support special education programs in public schools, includ- ing $306 million in Federal Fiscal Year 1997 (FFY 97). In 1997, the Congress and President en- acted the IDEA Amendments of 1997 to reau- thorize and modify the IDEA.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1997/update_california_9_2_1997.pdf

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Prop 98 Education Programs: Executive Summary

In contrast, tier 3 reductions would have relatively significant programmatic effects on schools. Taken together, the tiers are intended to give the Legislature many options for achieving budget –year solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/education/ed_anl09001.aspx

^[PDF] State Employee Compensation Issues for 1994-95

School-to-Work Transition: Improving High School Career Programs (February 1994). This report pro- vides information on "school-to-work" programs and makes recommendations to the Legislature on how best to implement such programs in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/1994/reports/st_employee_comp_issue_0394.pdf

^[PDF] Increased Lottery Funding for Schools and Lottery Public Accountability Act of 2010

Increased Lottery Funding for Schools and Lottery Public Accountability Act of 2010 Preprinted Logo will go here January 21, 2010 Hon. Edmund G. Brown Jr. Attorney General 1300 I Street, 17th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Attention: Ms.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090823.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillK-12 Education, Budget Issues

Other r eforms, such as the proposal jointly made by the LAO, Department of Education and DOF to revamp the special education funding system, also merit the Legislature's consideration for funding in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/k12_ed_depts1-a_anal97.html

The 2019-20 Budget: Special Education Teaching Performance Assessment

Apr 30, 2019 - Schools Face Persistent Challenges Finding Special Education Teachers. To comply with a federal requirement, each year California identifies areas of school staffing shortages. Since the state began reporting in the early 1980s, it has consistently identified shortages of special education teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4022

^[PDF] Overview of Special Session Proposals: Proposition 98 Budget

Used to help convert program’s funding structure from prior-year reim- bursements to current-year grants.  Provides $20 million in categorical funding for new schools that began operations in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2010/Overview_of_Special_Session_Proposals_Prop_98_Budget_20910.pdf

ERAF and the 1997-98 State Budget

These redirected funds reduced the state's funding obligation for K-14 school districts by a commensurate amount. (Schools and community colleges did not experience any change in their total revenues from this shift, merely a shift in the relative amounts of funding from the state's General Fund and local property taxes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/1997/061897_eraf/eraf_and_the_1997-98_state_budget_pb061897.html

The 2011-12 Budget: Child Care and Development

(Savings: Between $70 million –$100  million for each additional year of denied eligibility.) Alternative option: Could provide subsidized care for school –age children ages 6 –12 only during non –traditional hours, while prioritizing spots in school –based programs for displaced children.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2011/education/child_care_012411.aspx

^[PDF] Reinventing the State Civil Service

For example, in the 1993 calendar year, more than 160 Part V: Major Issues Facing the Legislature 99 percent of eligible state employees received an MSA. Most state employ- ees work well and conscientiously.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/reinventing_the_state_civil_service.pdf