^[PDF] Streamlining Nursing Education Pathways: A Progress Report On Assembly Bill 1295 (Fuller)

As we discussed in Ensuring an Adequate Health Workforce: Improving State Nursing Programs (May 2007), for years the number of applicants to nursing schools in California has far exceeded the number of available slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/edu/nursing_ed/Streamlining_Nursing_Ed_Pathways.pdf

^[PDF] 2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success

For this premise to be realized, however, local program funding and authority must be linked in ways that provide inherent fiscal incentives for local governments to operate successful programs. This works in two ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/stadm/realignment/realignment_081911.pdf

^[PDF] Reforming the State’s Transfer Process: A Progess Report on Senate Bill 1440

Eligible nonlocal students must compete for limited slots. SB 1440 Bonus = 0.2 GPA points Impacted All eligible students (local and nonlocal) must compete for limited slots. Campus may award bonus points to local students.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/progress-sb-1440/progress-sb-1440-051112.pdf

^[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

^[PDF] Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Programs

In other words, the objectives of a given program should be linked to one or more of the state’s goals. 14 Legislative Analyst’s Office www.lao.ca.gov A n L A O R e p O R t Moreover, in order to minimize program duplication, the plan should outline how the different programs fit together as part of an overall strategy for increased energy efficiency and the use and development of alternative energy.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/rsrc/energy-efficiency/energy-efficiency-121912.pdf

^[PDF] The 2013-14 Budget: Overview of the May Revision

By contrast, the ratio rose to 34-to-1 in 1999 during the “dot-com” bubble, and the mean ratio over a long period has been about 15.5-to-1. The S&P 500 price-to-“book value” ratio was about 2.5-to-1, which is comparable to historical averages and well below the comparable ratio in 2000 (during the dot-com bubble).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/bud/may-revise/overview-may-revise-051713.pdf

^[PDF] For example, in 2007, Texas implemented legislation to expand

For example, in 2007, Texas implemented legislation to expand the availability of pre-trial, in-prison, and post-release programs by thousands of slots, including for substance abuse treatment, drug courts, mental health services, and intermediate sanction facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/crim/criminal-justice-primer/criminal-justice-primer-011713.pdf

^[PDF] An Analysis of New Cal Grant Eligibility Rules

The policy justification, however, for linking the borrowing and graduation rate standards is unclear. If a minimum graduation rate requirement is intended to measure institutional quality, then applying it only to some institutions is at best awkward.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/edu/new-cal-grant/new-cal-grant-010713.pdf

^[PDF] Rethinking PARIS Data Match: Connecting Veterans on Medi-Cal to Federal Benefits

We also noted the potential financial benefits to certain veterans from such transfers, as well as from linking veterans with USDVA monetary benefits for which they are eligible. However, our savings estimates are highly uncertain and assume that (1) around 500 veterans in the state meet eligibility requirements for such transfers and (2) a combination of effective CVSO outreach
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/hlth/paris/paris-080613.pdf

^[PDF] Supplemental Report of the 2013-14 Budget Package

Examination and Certification Online System (ECOS). On or before October 15, 2013 and on or before every April 15, July 15, October 15, and January 15 thereafter, the directors of the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Technology shall jointly submit to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairs of the fiscal committees of the Legislature a quarterly report on the progress of ECOS.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/supp_report/Supplemental-Report-1314.pdf