MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - Effective July 1, 2024, employees represented by Unit 10 whose designated reporting office is located in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, or the City and County of San Francisco would receive a monthly $250 geographic pay differential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

Breakdown of Local Control Funding Formula [EdBudget]

Aug 2, 2024 - b Includes funding for Necessary Small Schools. c Includes funding related to inter-district transfer students, support for the State Special Schools, the Education Protection Account, and $3.5 million to support the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/902

Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under 2024-25 Budget Package [EdBudget]

Jul 29, 2024 - Absent suspension, the Proposition 98 guarantee would have been $106.8 billion. d Excludes nontax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the guarantee. e Includes attendance attributable to the expansion of transitional kindergarten. f Reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/894

Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under May Revision [EdBudget]

May 17, 2024 - Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under May Revision [EdBudget] a Includes adjustment for arts education funding as required by Proposition 28 (2022). b Excludes nontax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the guarantee. c As set forth in the State Constitution, reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent. d Accounts for required and discretionary changes to the Proposition 98 Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/848

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

Trends in Higher Education: Student Outcomes [Publication Details]

Apr 18, 2024 - This brief is the third of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. The third brief focuses on student outcomes and how they have changed over the past few decades. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4895

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - For example, the 2022 ‑23 budget package included $150  million one ‑time General Fund —referred to as the 2022 ‑23  backfill set aside —that the State Controller ’s Office could transfer to Proposition  64 programs in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Local governments, such as cities, counties, and local transit authorities, generally own and operate these agencies. In 2019, passenger fares and fees provided 17  percent of funding for these agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Although the state has already transferred the $1.7  billion payment to CalPERS associated with the 2023 ‑24 Proposition  2 requirement, how the funds would be applied to the state ’s unfunded liability has not yet been determined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - (For  example, with special education funding that is transferred to school districts and certain local property tax transferred to trial courts.) In addition, COEs conduct a wide range of activities with LCFF —their primary state funding source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883