LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Revenue Limits

We recommend against including the NSS subsidy in the base because the current program allows the state to tailor these grants each year as the size of the school and other conditions warrant. In addition, excess tax revenues also should not be included in the consolidation, as this would permanently award the higher funding levels resulting from the high level of property tax revenues to these districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_09_revlimits_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Federal Accountability And Assessments

Since schools are under pressure to meet AYP, schools have an incentive to concentrate on students near the proficient level —those who need only a little extra attention to reach the proficient level.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_11_fedaccountability_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Instructional Materials

Typically, school districts pilot newly adopted materials in the spring and fall following the adoption, usually for a period of six months to two years. We expect school districts to beg in piloting the history/social science instructional materials during the spring of the budget year and to purchase these materials in budget year plus one or later depending on their pilot period.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_12_instruct_materials_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Education Technology

However, since that time ma y be many years in the future, we recommend the state delay such investments and redirect the $21  million to other budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_13_ed_tech_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Preserving Student Access In Tough Fiscal Times

First, we recommend the creation of a College Preparation Block Grant targeted at K-12 schools with very low college participation rates. Under our proposal, K-12 schools would have the flexibilit y to contract with UC, CSU, or other providers for outreach services.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_02_studentaccess_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Higher Education Admissions and Enrollment

(The ELC program extends eligibility to the top 4  percent of graduates [as determined solely by GPA in UC-approved courses] at each California high school.) The CSU has also in recent years made changes to its eligibility require ments (such as modifying its high school course requirements) in order to increase its eligibility pool.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_04_enrollment_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Financial Aid

It did not share these changes formally with the Legislature until two years after the fact, and only then due to a newly established reporting requirement. Similarly, in the current year, UC created an entirely new institutional aid program for students with family incomes between $60,000 and $90,000 —students who in prior years would not have met UC's own definition of financially needy.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_06_financialaid_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California State University (6610)

In the "K-14 Outreach Programs " section of this chapter, we also recommend the establishment of a College Preparation Block Grant, which K-12 schools could use to contract with CSU for outreach services.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_08_6610_CSU_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Student Aid Commission (7980)

This substantial growth is largely attributable to the fourth-year phase-in of the High School Entitlement program. Reduce Cal Grant Income Ceilings ($11  Million Savings). The Governor's budget would reduce the Cal Grant A and Cal Grant B income ceilings by 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_10_7980_SAC_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Transportation Overview

The state contributes to the retirement for (1) all state employees through the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and (2) public school teachers through the State Teachers' Retirement System.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_01_ov_anl04.htm