Overview of the Governor’s Special Session Proposals

As this list suggests, we encourage the state to link reduced state funding either to reduced local costs or increased local revenue. In contrast, the administration ’s approach is likely to leave some districts drawing down their local reserves to backfill midyear cuts that cannot realistically be achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/bud/nov_revise/nov_revise_overview_111108.aspx

A New System of Support for Low-Performing Schools

The CSR was a school –based program tightly linked to state improvement efforts. In fact, the first two CSR cohorts overlapped with II/USP, while the last two cohorts overlapped with HPSGP. In contrast to CSR, PI encourages states to focus on district accountability and relies on districts to work with individual schools to implement reforms.
https://lao.ca.gov/2008/edu/low_performing_schools/lowperforming_schools_0608.aspx

Webcast: The Basics of Proposition 98, a Tutorial for State Policymakers

Webcast: The Basics of Proposition 98, a Tutorial for State Policymakers     Links to Additional Proposition 98 Resources: -Want Higher Resolution Video? Try this version . - Transcript of This Webcast                           - Slides Used in This Webcast (open as read only) - Proposition 98 Primer (February, 2005)             - Acrobat Version of Slides - Recent Proposition
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/edu/prop98_primer/prop98_primer.aspx

Reforming Davis-Dolwig: Funding Recreation in the State Water Project

We have found that not only is SWP integrally linked to other programs, but that its operation has created significant liabilities for other programs and funding sources, including the General Fund, without any legislative oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/rsrc/Reforming_Davis-Dolwig/Davis-Dolwig_030909.aspx

The 2011–12 Budget: Prioritizing Course Enrollment at the Community Colleges

Thus, in effect, CCC enrollments are currently being “rationed.†This access problem will become even more serious in 2011–12 to the extent that budget reductions further reduce enrollment slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2011/highered/ccc_course_enrollment.aspx

The 2012-13 Budget - Proposition 98 Maintenance Factor: An Analysis of the Governor's Treatment

This subdivision also establishes a formula for retiring maintenance factor obligations —a formula closely linked to the health of state revenues. If a maintenance factor obligation exists, strong General Fund revenue growth typically results in a large corresponding maintenance factor payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2012/education/prop-98-maintenance-053112.aspx

LAO 2012-13 Budget Analysis Series: Higher Education: Executive Summary

California currently does not have data linking financial aid to student outcomes to assist policymakers in making these judgments. Recommend Legislature Instead Consider More Modest GPA Adjustments in Context of Broader Reforms.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2012/highered/higher-ed-020812.aspx

The 2012-13 Budget: Improving Customer Service Efficiency at the DMV

Online Vehicle Registration Renewals. In April 2000, the department began allowing customers to complete vehicle registration renewals online. In 2010 –11, over 6.7 million vehicle registration renewals were completed online.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2012/transportation/dmv-efficiencies-022412.aspx

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

In 2012, a series of reports by California Watch (an independent, nonprofit online investigative reporting center) reported suspicious investigative practices that were conducted in response to major crime investigations, including of suspicious deaths, at a number of DCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2013/ss/hhs/health-human-services-022713.aspx

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Soledad Enrichment Action Charter School

In addition, the five measures linked to student achievement have problems that undercut their usefulness. For Soledad and LACOE, for example, the credit completion rate could be a measure of student academic progress.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/education/ed_12_anl07.aspx