LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Teacher Quality

Figure  2 lists these areas and links each one to a specific outcome measure. Two of these areas —beginning teacher quality and professional development —would overlap with the federal accountability system.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_05_teacherquality_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Education Technology

Meeting these goals could provide K-12 schools with benefits such as access to enhanced computer applications (such as interactive video and multimedia learning experiences), as well as access to higher education resources (such as online staff development programs and digital libraries).  
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/ed_13_ed_tech_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Preserving Student Access In Tough Fiscal Times

The proposed reduction of the Cal Grant award for students at private colleges similarly undermines a long-standing practice to link aid awards to anticipated costs. We therefore recommend that the Legislature reject the Governor's proposals to reduce Cal Grant awards and further restrict eligibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_02_studentaccess_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Higher Education Admissions and Enrollment

Because students "admitted by exception " to UC and CSU are otherwise ineligible for admission, a special admit essentially takes up a "slot " at the university that could otherwise have gone to an eligible student.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_04_enrollment_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Student Aid Commission (7980)

This deviates from a longstanding policy that links UC and CSU Cal Grants to these systemwide fees. APLE Augmentation. The $6  million APLE augmentation is associated with loan-forgiveness warrants issued in prior years for which the state owes payment in 2004-05.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/education/highered_10_7980_SAC_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Employment Development Department (7100)

In addition, the department collects taxes and pays benefits under the UI and DI programs. The department collects from employers (1)  their UI contributions, (2)  the Employment Training Tax, and (3)  employee contributions for DI.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/general_govt/gen_19_7100_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Department of Aging

In general, this proposal would provide local governments greater ability to adjust programs to meet the needs of their com munities and experiment to determine which efforts improve program outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_08_4170_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Medical Assistance Program

https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_10_4260_cmap_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Child Welfare Services

We di scuss these federal concerns in more detail below. Failure to Address Federal Procurement Requirements. In 1997, the federal government and the Departments of Finance and General Services directed the Health and Human Services Agency Data Center (HHSDC) to conduct a competitive procurement for a new contract to pay for the ongoing maintenance and operation activities of CWS/CMS.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_21_cws_anl04.htm

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: California Coastal Commission

Th is is because there is a direct link between the activities carried out by the commission and those who directly benefit from them through their development actions. Doing so would be consistent with the Legislature's actions in requiring the costs of most other environmental regulatory programs, such as those protecting air and water quality, to be largely if not totally reimbursed through industry fees and assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/resources/res_08_3720_anl04.htm