Education Overview

• Historical Perspective of Funding Per Student
• Funding Effort
• Proposition 98
• Proposition 98 Allocations
• Enrollment Growth
• Funding "Tests"

Crosscutting Issues

• Education Priorities
• Base Budget Adjustments
• Teacher Quality and Supply
• Recruitment/Retention of Teachers in Low-Performing Schools
• The Nature of the Problem
• Concerns With Governor's Proposals
• Analyst's Recommendation
• Recruitment and Retention of Teachers Generally
• National Board Certification
• Lift STRS Earnings Cap
• Teacher Professional Development
• Concerns With the Proposal
• Staff Development Block Grants
• Governor's Scholars Program
• Merit Scholarships Address Two Policy Objectives
• Restructure the Distribution of Scholarship Eligibility
• Use One Test to Reinforce Academic Content Standards
• Defer Implementation One Year
• Governor's Distinguished Math and Science Scholars Program
• Advanced Placement Courses
• Background
• What Are Advanced Placement Courses?
• Availability of AP Courses
• Why Some Schools Do Not Offer AP Courses
• Legislative Analyst's Recommendations
• Recommend Approval of Expansion in Two Ongoing Programs
• Premature to Propose AP Grant Program

K-12 Education

• K-12 Education Introduction

• Governor's Budget Proposals
• Proposition 98 Spending by Major Program
• One-Time Spending
• Significant New Spending Outside of Proposition 98
• California's Per-Pupil Spending Relative to the Nation's
• Why Do Estimates of the Gap Vary?
• What Is the Current Gap?
• Considerations Regarding Per-Pupil Spending
• Options for Closing the Gap
• Discretionary Funding
• Little Local Discretion Over New Spending
• Background on Revenue Limits
• Deficit Factors
• Revenue Limit Equalization
• Analyst's Recommendations
• Education Technology
• Proposed $175 Million for Computers and On-Line AP Courses
• Fund On-Line Advanced Placement Courses
• Redirect One-Time Technology Grants
• Establish a Technology Revolving Loan Fund
• Provide Start-Up Funds for E-Rate Participation
• Proposed $25 Million in Technology Staff Development
• High School Exit Exam
• Supplemental Instruction
• Overview of Existing Supplemental Instructional Programs
• Governor's Proposals for Supplemental Instructional Programs
• LAO Survey on Supplemental Instruction
• Recommendations
• Consolidate Intensive Reading Program With Remedial and Core Summer School Programs
• Transform Proposal for Intensive Algebra Academies
• Consider Adjusting Enrollment Cap Based on Measures of Disadvantage
• Lift Restrictions on When Districts Can Provide Instruction
• Require SDE to Report on Evaluation of Elementary School Intensive Reading Program
• Child Care
• Child Care for CalWORKs Families and the Working Poor
• Background
• Current Law Treats Similar Families Differently
• Options for Modifying the California Child Care System
• Special Education
• Background and Enrollment
• Technical Issue on Rate of Growth for New Students
• Update Suggested on Compliance Issues
• Status of Special Education Mandate Claim
• Delay in Report on Licensed Children's Institutions
• Other Issues
• California School Information Services
• The Proposed Budget for CSIS
• Current Status of CSIS Implementation
• Progress Reports Expected Soon
• Provide CSIS with Funding Assurance
• Plan Needed for Electronic Reporting
• Charter Schools
• Charter School Direct Funding Model
• Charter School Evaluation
• Voluntary Desegregation Programs
• Department of Education--Support (6110)
• Parental Involvement Evaluation
• Public Information Campaign for Accountability
• Facility Repairs at California School for the Deaf, Riverside
• California State Library (6120)
• Budget Proposals Lacking Adequate Justification
• Commission on Teacher Credentialing (6360)
• Management Study Update
• Wait for Management Study Findings
• Delete Position for Governor's Teaching Fellowship Tracking
• Delete Funds and Positions for Credentialed Teacher Recruitment Program

Higher Education

• Higher Education Introduction

• Major Budget Changes
• Enrollment Growth
• Student Fees
• K-12 Improvement Initiatives
• Intersegmental Issues
• Annual Budget Process Provides a Better Higher Education Partnership
• Moderate Sustained Enrollment Growth Projected for Next Decade
• Budgeted Enrollment Growth Exceeds Demographic Projections
• Year-Round Instruction Critical to Serving Additional Students
• Overbudgeting for Marginal Cost of New Enrollments
• Kristin Smart Campus Safety Act of 1998
• University of California (6440)
• Crosscutting and Intersegmental Issues Involving UC
• $25 Million for Teaching Hospitals Not Justified
• Nonresident Fees Should Keep Pace With UC Costs
• More Thought Needed on UC Santa Cruz Regional Center
• California State University (6610)
• Overview of the Proposal
• Crosscutting and Intersegmental Issues Involving CSU
• Convert the Governor's Teaching Fellowships Into An APLE Plus
• Fellowship Program Has Technical Problems
• Strengthening the Fellowship Proposal
• Delete Funding for Fixed Costs at CSU Monterey Bay
• Slow Growth Contributes to High-Fixed Costs at CSU Monterey Bay
• No Budget Plan
• Other Issues
• Delete Funding for Prior-Year Compensation Agreements
• Delete Funding for a New Off-Campus Center in the Coachella Valley
• California Community Colleges (6870)
• Governor's Budget Proposals
• Proposition 98 Spending by Major Program
• Equalization Funding
• $25 Million Augmentation for Partnership Is Premature
• Textbook Purchase Assistance for Financially Needy Students
• Withhold Recommendation Pending Review of Evaluation Report
• Student Aid Commission (7980)
• Major General Fund Budget Changes
• The Cal Grant Program
• Changes Needed in Budgeting New Cal Grants
• Target APLE To Serve Schools With Greatest Need
• Restore Cal Grant T Program
• Background
• Major Consequences of Eliminating the Cal Grant T Program