^[PDF] Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot-com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9.7 percent in mid- to late-1992, but peaked at 6.9 percent after the dot-com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3769/prepare-for-recession-030718.pdf

^[PDF] The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

The formula consists of (1) a base allocation linked to enrollment, (2) a supplemental allocation linked to low-income student counts, and (3) a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4853/CCC-022124.pdf

^[PDF] California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Notable advantages are reducing districts’ need for internal and external borrowing, reestablishing the link between ongoing program costs and ongoing funding, and giving the Legislature more budget tools to respond to future economic downturns.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2020/4307/ccc-managing-cash-121820.pdf

^[PDF] The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Education

The state could likely save at least a few hundred million dollars annually in the future by sweeping funds not needed to cover existing rates and slots and by allowing an existing “hold harmless” provision to expire (we describe this issue in a forthcoming report). „ School Nutrition.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2024/Proposition-98-Budget-Overview-022724.pdf

^[PDF] Higher Education May Revision Proposals

It would backfill these slots with the same number of additional resident undergraduate students. c May Revision also provides $200 million one-time General Fund in 2023-24. d May Revision also provides $2 million one-time General Fund in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2022/May-Revision-Proposals-051722.pdf

^[PDF] Higher Education May Revision Proposals

It would backfill these slots with the same number of additional resident undergraduate students. c May Revision also provides $200 million one-time General Fund in 2023-24. d May Revision also provides $2 million one-time General Fund in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2022/May-Revision-Proposals-051822.pdf

^[PDF] The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Though the options we cover in this report are not exhaustive, they link to many of the core cost pressures districts are facing. Options for Using New Ongoing Funding to Help Districts Address Cost Pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2020/4136/school-district-budget-012120.pdf

^[PDF] Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot

Most colleges also have multiple online or hybrid courses to increase convenience for students, with six colleges offering fully online programs. (Included in the six are the two dental hygiene programs, which offer both a fully online track and an in-person track.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2020/4140/final-eval-cc-bachelors-degree-012320.pdf

^[PDF] Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Nonclassroom-based charter school programs can range from hybrid programs with a combination of on-site and off-site instruction to fully online virtual academies. (The level of in-person and remote instruction that hybrid programs offer vary.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4870/Review-Funding-Determination-Process-Nonclassroom-Charter-Schools-022924.pdf

^[PDF] The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals

The bulk of the funds ($73 million) was to support existing residency slots. The remaining funds were for adding slots at existing programs, funding start-up costs for new programs, funding loan repayment programs, and funding associated state operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/4034/primary-care-residency-050919.pdf