The 2017-18 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2016 - We assume year –to –year changes in participation consistent with changes in high school graduates. Consistent with changes in tuition and fee levels over the past two years, we assume flat tuition at UC and CSU throughout the period as well as 5  percent annual increases in UC ’s Student Services Fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3507

The 2011-12 Budget: The Administration's Revenue Accrual Approach [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2011 - In the administration's budget figures, this approach increases revenues available for the 2011-12 budget process by over $700 million and decreases the 2011-12 minimum funding guarantee for schools and community colleges by $1.5 billion below what it would have been otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2420

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - The only exception we have found is among parents with more than a high school education, whose take ‑up rate increased modestly during this  period. Potential Reasons for Different Take‑Up Rates Between Groups To Date, Relatively Little Work Has Been Done on Understanding CalWORKs Take ‑Up Rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

2011 Initiative Analysis: Public Employee Pension Reform Act (Amendment #1-NS)

For teachers, "final compensation " is the highest single year's pay if they have 25 or more years of service and the highest average annual pay over 36 consecutive months for most others. In general, CalSTRS members are not eligible for Social Security benefits through the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2011/110298.aspx

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Live Within Our Means Act (version 2)

The measure requires tha t any such mandate claims outstanding as of June 30, 2006 be paid within 15  years. The measure also states that Proposition 98 funds allocated to schools “shall first be expended . . .to pay the costs for state mandates incurred during that year.”
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050084.htm

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

Overview of the 2009-10 May Revision

For K –12 school districts, the administration proposes changing state law to provide school districts with the option of reducing instructional time the equivalent of up to 7.5 days a year for the next three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/bud/may_revise/may_revision_052109.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: UC and CSU Enrollment Growth and Funding

Determining the amount of additional enrollment to fund each year can be difficult. Unlike enrollment in compulsory programs such as elementary and secondary school, which corresponds exclusively with changes in the school-age population, enrollment in higher education responds to a variety of factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_16_anl07.aspx

2002 Budget Analysis: Judiciary and Criminal Justice, Military Department (8940)

In order to be admitted, cadets must be 15 or older, have no prior offenses, no mental illness or sexual pr oblems, and be expelled from school for a firearms-related offense. In 1999-00, the latest year for which there is data available, there were only 154 students who were expelled fo r a fire arms-related offense.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/crim_justice/cj_9_8940_anl02.htm

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - By the end of the year, the Fed had outstanding loans under these programs of only $41.1  billion. In December 2020, H.R. 133 ended the emergency lending programs and reduced the total amount of funding in support of the outstanding loans to $25  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215