The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Governor ’s Proposal Shift GCP to DGS. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the GCP from VCGCB to DGS. As part of this shift, the budget transfers nine positions and $1.2  million in funding authority to DGS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

2001 Budget Analysis: School Accountability

According to OSE, it will r elease a Request for Proposal some time this spring for this study. The findings of the study will determine the timetable for including these measures in the API. In addition to the measures described above, the Governor's budget provides $5 million to create a longitudinal student assessment database.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2001/education/ed_10_sch_acct_anl01.htm

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

For the above reasons, we recommend the following: • Deny Requests for Additional Permanent Positions Until a Com- prehensive Study of CTC’s Operations is Completed and Re- viewed. Specifically, we recommend that the Legislature deny the budget’s requests for eight new positions and converting 6.5 posi- tions approved on a limited-term basis in the 1998-99 Budget Act to permanent status.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_anl99.pdf

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

^[PDF] LAO 2002 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

When SDE requested proposals for the PSAA evaluation, it requested a multiyear evaluation costing up to $500,000 a year for two years. Not funding the second year of the evalu- ation would significantly reduce the value of the study.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_anl02.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, California School Information Services

This could be accomplished by having FCMAT conduct a CSIS readiness assessment for LEAs that request such assistance. Due to the timing of the implementation grant process, FCMAT will know by November 2002 whether it will be able to use all of the implementation grant funding for 2002-03.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_13_CSIS_anl02.htm

^[PDF] The Highly Qualified Charter School Administrator and Teacher Act

(Though the State Board of Education [SBE] can approve certain waiver requests, the measure also prohibits SBE from issuing waivers for interns to teach in these schools.) Requires Certain Administrators in Low-Ranking Charter Schools to Hold a Credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130761.pdf

2013 Initiative Analysis: The Highly Qualified Charter School Administrator and Teacher Act

(Though the State Board of Education [SBE] can approve certain waiver requests, the measure also prohibits SBE from issuing waivers for interns to teach in these schools.) Requires Certain Administrators in Low-Ranking Charter Schools to Hold a Credential.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130761.aspx

Next Steps for Improving State Accountability for Alternative Schools

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https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/edu/alt-ed/improving-accountability-051615.aspx