Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature also could consider what role, if any, the state should play in supporting districts and COEs in planning for or providing education to increased numbers of children who may migrate to the state as a result of climate change impacts they experience in other states or countries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - Depending upon how investment and other actuarial experience plays out, changes to the funding plan might be necessary to ensure the funding plan matches legislative intent. Specifically, if investments generally meet CalSTRS ’ assumptions, the Legislature may need to increase the state ’s contribution to ensure the state shares in the costs of addressing CalSTRS ’ unfunded liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Unfortunately, we do not have sufficient data to determine whether this factor plays an especially large role in preventing eligible children from being served, or whether any of the other four factors are more significant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - School Facilities In this section, we begin by providing background on the School Facilities Program (SFP) and the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC), which plays an integral role in reviewing facility projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - For some exclusions, like federal and court mandates, legislative decisions play a limited role in increasing or decreasing the excluded spending. But for other exclusions, like subventions to local governments and spending on capital outlay projects, the Legislature has much more discretion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - This would allow state and local partners to understand at a high level the key work COEs do to support districts and students, and provide an opportunity for COEs to describe the specific role they play in their region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - While the way in which investments and other factors play out (what actuaries call “experience ”) matters in the near term, the purpose of an actuarial valuation is to determine whether contributions from governments and public employees will be sufficient to cover the cost of providing pension benefits to those employees over the next several decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding

Mar 6, 2020 - County decisions about the calculation of excess ERAF have also played an important role, as discussed later in this report. Redevelopment Dissolution Dissolution of Redevelopment Increased Property Tax Revenue for Schools and Other Local Agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4193

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575