The 2019-20 Budget: Aligning the State’s IT Project Approval Process With the Annual Budget Process

Mar 14, 2019 - The Legislature ’s annual budget process largely occurs in the first half of the calendar year, between January and June. Budget deliberations start after January  10 th , when the Governor ’s proposed budget is released, and continue through late May and early June (after the release of the Governor ’s May Revision).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3976

Proposition 98 Spending Proposals Under May Revision [EdBudget]

May 25, 2021 - Applies to the Foster Youth Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Preschool, Child Nutrition, charter school facility grant program, and K-12 mandates block grant. c May Revision also contains $2 billion in federal funding for this purpose.   
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/511

The rights of individuals to make “fully free and informed” health decisions. [Ballot]

Nov 18, 2021 - For example, state law requires children to meet various legal requirements for immunization against certain preventable diseases to attend school or child care faciliti es. State and Local Health Care and Other Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-025

The 2019-20 Budget: Special Education Teaching Performance Assessment

Apr 30, 2019 - Schools Face Persistent Challenges Finding Special Education Teachers. To comply with a federal requirement, each year California identifies areas of school staffing shortages. Since the state began reporting in the early 1980s, it has consistently identified shortages of special education teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4022

Why Has Income Tax Withholding Lagged, Despite Job Growth? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2022 - PIT Withholding Down from Last Year. The graph below compares the running total of PIT withholding payments since the start of the 2022-23 fiscal year relative to the same period last year. To-date, personal income tax withholding is $575 million lower (2.2 percent) than last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/759

COVID-19 Fiscal Effects on Schools [Publication Details]

Apr 26, 2020 - COVID-19 Fiscal Effects on Schools [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4224

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment [EdBudget]

Jan 22, 2023 - Actual student counts are expected to be lower each year of the period.  b Reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth together with all other enrollment adjustments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/680

Snapshot of the California Economy: July 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Aug 21, 2020 - Similarly, after a slowdown in the spring, new business formations were about 25 percent above the historical norm in July. Finally, consumer spending   (as measured by credit and debit card transactions) increased over 20 percent between April and July.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/529

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 19, 2020 - In the third quarter of 2019-20 (January through March), retail excise tax revenue increased by 25 percent and cultivation tax revenue increased by 11 percent. Why Such Strong Growth in the Prior Quarter?
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/524

Tempered Expectations

Dec 9, 2019 - While this is consistent with the Legislature ’s past practice, it would involve at least one multibillion dollar year-over-year funding reduction to the schools, a difficult policy decision for the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4122