The 2019-20 May Revision: K-12 Cal Grant Mandate

May 28, 2019 - Prior to the mandate, CSM indicates it received more than 70,000 paper GPA forms, which required significant staff time to process. Further, high school counselors had to complete these paper forms to certify student GPAs prior to sending to CSAC, which likely also required signific ant staff time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4052

Improving High School: A Strategic Approach [Publication Details]

May 9, 2005 - Improving High School: A Strategic Approach [Publication Details] Improving High School: A Strategic Approach Format: HTML Description: This paper summarizes our recent report on the success and shortcomings of high schools in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1322

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - This has the effect of: (1)  reducing the size of the budget problem on paper, and (2)  obscuring the proposed solution in the documents presented to the Legislature as part of the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - To ease the transition to the new system, schools can administer a pencil and paper version of the test during the first three years of implementation but must use the online version by spring 2018. State Required Schools to Administer New Exams Beginning Spring 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - For instance, in May 2020, nearly 18,000 CANS assessments had been completed in an automated system, but our understanding is that more assessments had been completed in paper form. Exactly how many assessments have been completed in total, however, is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - For example, even though initial credential fee waivers were available in 2021 ‑22, many new teachers submitted paper applications and payments by mail. By November 30, 2021, CTC  had more than 10,000 credential fees that then needed to be manually processed and reimbursed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - For years in which the guarantee drops, the state on paper would reduce spending counting toward the guarantee and credit the difference to a newly created true ‑up account called the “Proposition 98 Cost Allocation Schedule. ” For years in which the guarantee ends up higher during certification, the state would apply any available credits in this account toward the spending required to meet the higher minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - (Throughout this paper, we use the term “schools ” to refer to both school districts and county offices of education. “Infants and toddlers ” refer to children from birth until their third birthday.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728