K-12 Table of Contents
LAO Analysis of the 1998-99 Budget Bill

Overview

• Proposition 98
• Proposition 98 Allocations by Segments
• Governor's Budget Proposals
• Prior-Year Proposition 98 Funds
• 1998-99 Budget Proposals
• Proposition 98 Spending by Major Program

Budget Issues

• K-12 Priorities
• Budget Poses Major K-12 Issues
• State's Role in K-12 Education Has Increased Over Time
• State Needs Long-Term K-12 Framework
• Develop Information on Future Funding Options
• Legislature Should Create Demonstration Programs
• LAO Outlook Indicates Fewer Proposition 98 Funds
• Legislature Faces Major Trade-Offs
• Balance State and Local Funding Needs
• Options for 1998-99 Funds
• Create a Proposition 98 Reserve
• Approve the 2.2 Percent COLA
• Provide Step Adjustment for Class Size Reduction
• Additional Mandate Costs Likely
• Opportunity Scholarships
• Delete Summer School Augmentation
• Preserve Local Autonomy Over Expulsions
• Options for Prior-Year Funds
• Provide Block Grants to Districts
• Reject Other Policy Initiatives
• Longer School Year
• Little Evidence to Support a Longer Year
• Legislature Has Other Options
• Revenue Limits
• Three Agency Report on Revenue Limits
• Include Public Employees' Retirement System Costs in Base Revenue Limits
• How Does Senate Bill 727 Affect Revenue Limits?
• The Deficit Still Applies to Some Programs
• Reopen Longer Day and Longer Year Incentives
• Assessment and Accountability
• Test of Applied Academic Skills Behind Schedule
• What Is Title I?
• What Does Title I Require From California?
• Meeting Title I Requirements
• System for Identifying Low-Performing Schools Not Working
• Long-Term, Short-Term Needs of Title I Assessment System
• Use Data From STAR To Identify Low-Performing Schools

• Child Development
• The CalWORKs Child Care Program
• The Governor's Proposal for CalWORKs Child Care
• Issues for Legislative Consideration
• Proposition 98 and CalWORKs Child Care
• Stage II Child Care Needs to Be Coordinated
• Improving SDE's Contracting for Stage II Slots
• Other Issues
• Charter Schools Evaluation
• Broaden Uses of Staff Development Funds
• Teacher Training and Support
• High Risk Youth Programs Overbudgeted
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing
• Special Grants for Museums
• Background
• Problems With Special Grants
• Require Increased SDE Oversight