The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - However, the Center shared that it is difficult for fellows to work another job given the rigor and full ‑time work required by the program. Fellows May Receive Some Additional Financial Assistance. Though it is challenging for Fellows to work another job during their time in the program, they can apply for a small amount of additional financial assistance through the Timothy A.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - Targeted, Ongoing Salary Increases Likely Most Effective Fiscal Incentive . . . Research generally finds that targeted, ongoing salary increases are the most effective type of financial incentive for attracting highly qualified teachers and keeping them in their jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - They can have higher costs in other areas, such as teacher pay, given urban zones tend to have more competing job opportunities and higher living costs. Various factors, including pay, climate, and remoteness, can, in turn, affect teachers ’ willingness to work in certain areas of the state, with rural areas and high ‑poverty areas typically having a more difficult time finding teachers than other areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136

Volatility of the Personal Income Tax Base

Feb 8, 2017 - As shown in Figure  1, wages and salaries make up nearly half of BEA personal income for California. Below, we describe what is included in this personal income measure, starting with the biggest component of personal income: wages and salaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3548

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Due, in part, to the concerns arising from high ‑profile cases, Chapter  486 of 2019 (A B  1505 , O ’Donnell) imposed a two ‑year moratorium on the establishment of new nonclassroom ‑based charter schools (from 2019 to 2021).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - As shown earlier in Figure  3, the greater ‑than ‑assumed salary growth accounted for $1  billion of the $21  billion increase in CalSTRS ’ unfunded liabilities. Who Pays for Increased Unfunded Liabilities?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Mandates

May 1, 2026 - Garcia) impose a reimbursable state-mandated program, beginning January 1, 2018. The mandate requires certain schools to stock 50  percent of restrooms with menstrual products (defined as tampons and sanitary napkins) at all times at no cost to students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5179

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - The exact one ‑time allotment has ranged from a high of $1. 2  b illion in 2014 ‑ 15 t o a low of $ 413  m illion in 2018 ‑19. In this context, the state ’s cushion would be relatively modest even if it allocated the entire $ 480  m illion for one ‑time activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: CalSTRS Funding Plan Relies on Abstract Calculation

Feb 2, 2016 - Because pension benefits are based on salaries, these higher salaries would have in turn led to more generous benefits, offsetting the effects of the highe r contributions to some degree. Nevertheless, compared to the way in which CalSTRS is currently administering the calculation, this different choice would seemingly result in a different state share of CalSTRS ’ unfunded liabilities and a correspondingly different district share.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3333

K-12 Education in Context

Jan 26, 2018 - In addition to teachers, schools employed 306,000 full-time-equivalent staff in various administrative and support positions in 2016 ‑17. This number includes 26,000 principals, assistant principals, and other school administrators (equating to about 1 school manager for every 11 teachers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3736