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: 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

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Intersegmental: Year-Round Operations at UC and CSU

The supplemental funding provided to UC and CSU in 2002-03 for summer operations was similarly linked to growth in summer enrollment. UC Summer Enrollment Has Increased Figure 2 compares summer 2000 and summer 2005 FTE enrollment at eight general UC campuses (excluding the new campus in Merced).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/education/ed_21_anl06.html

2001 Initiative Analysis: After School Education and Safety Program Act of 2002

Program Funding Linked to Possible Proposition  98 Spending Reductions. Under the provisions commonly known as Proposition  98, the State Constitution requires appropriation of a minimum annual amount for public K-12 schools and community colleges (K-14 education) from the General Fund and local proper ty tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/011121_INT.htm

^[PDF] Update on Changes to School Accountability System

.  Associated Performance Measures  Statute specifi es certain performance measures linked to the eight priority areas.  Annual Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs)  Districts must set goals and specify actions they will take to improve in the eight state priority areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2017/Update-on-Changes-to-School-Accountability-System-021517.pdf

^[PDF] The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

(For both segments, the Governor links the proposed General Fund augmentation with an expectation that tuition for resident students not be increased in 2019-20.) Centering the university budgets around explicit funding priorities likely will foster more productive budget conversations and enhance fiscal accountability.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/3916/budget-overview-2019.pdf

^[PDF] Taxpayer Protection Act of 2010 (V-2)

In some cases—such as many user fees, admission fees, and assessments—the charge is closely linked to the cost of providing a particular service to an individual beneficiary. In other cases—particularly regulatory fees (including environmental miti- gation)—the charge may be based on the costs of government oversight of a group or industry, or on the social costs associated with particular activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090808.pdf

^[PDF] The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

RECOMMENDATION Link CSU’s General Fund Augmentation to Spending Priorities. Rather than give CSU an unrestricted base increase, we recommend the Legislature determine which of CSU’s potential operating cost increases it wishes to support in 2023-24 and then provide associated funding designated for those particular purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2023/4671/CSU-Budget-020723.pdf

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Funding to Address Homelessness

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3831

^[PDF] School District Fiscal Oversight and Intervention

Fiscal Distress Often Linked to Unsustainable Local Bargaining Agreements and Declining Enrollment. School districts with several consecutive years of operating deficits tend to be the ones most likely to be experiencing fiscal distress.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/school-district-fiscal-oversight-and-intervention/school-district-fiscal-oversight-and-intervention-043012.pdf