Staff
- Jackie Barocio
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(916) 319-8333
Child Care, Expanded Learning, School Facilities, and Teachers - Sara Cortez
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(916) 319-8348
Special Education, Preschool, and Child Nutrition - Kenneth Kapphahn
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(916) 319-8339
Proposition 98, School District Budgets, School Transportation - Lisa Qing
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(916) 319-8306
California State University, Student Financial Aid - Paul Steenhausen
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(916) 319-8303
California Community Colleges - Ian Klein
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(916) 319-8336
University of California; College of the Law, San Francisco; California State Library - Michael Alferes
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(916) 319-8338
Local Control Funding Formula, Charter Schools, Alternative Schools, High School Career Technical Education - Edgar Cabral
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(916) 319-8343
Deputy Legislative Analyst: K-12 Education - Jennifer Pacella
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(916) 319-8332
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Higher Education
Publications
Education
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The State Budget and Educational Funding
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May 19, 2009 - Presented to the California School Boards Association's Legislative Action Conference. May 18, 2009.
The Basics of Proposition 98, a Tutorial for State Policymakers
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May 13, 2009 - This web-based presentation is designed to help state-level policymakers understand the essential elements of the state’s school funding formula. The presentation lasts roughly 20 minutes and provides viewers with background on Proposition 98, detail on how the funding formulas work, and a discussion of how the measure affects policymakers’ annual budget decisions.
Overview of Federal School Improvement Program
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May 12, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Education Mandates
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April 23, 2009 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Higher Education Affordability:Fees and Financial Aid
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April 22, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Education Mandates
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April 21, 2009 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
The State Budget and Educational Funding
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- PowerPoint
April 17, 2009 - Presented at the EdSource 32nd Annual Forum on California Education Policy, April 17, 2009. (The HTML link above opens the Powerpoint presentation.)
Federal Stimulus Funding for K-12 Education
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March 26, 2009 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Federal Stimulus Package:Opportunities for California Higher Education
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March 25, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 and Assembly Higher Education Committee
Higher Education Overview Of the Budget Act of 2009-10
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March 18, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2
Federal Stimulus Funding For K-12 Education
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March 18, 2009 - Presented at a Joint Hearing of the Assembly Education Committee and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of February 2009 Proposition 98 Budget Package
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March 16, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Refocusing Teacher Recruitment Efforts
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February 20, 2009 - The Supplemental Report of the 2007-08 Budget Act directed our office to reexamine the state’s teacher recruitment goals and assess the effectiveness of teacher recruitment programs designed to meet those goals. This report details our findings. Although the state has spent over $1 billion in teacher recruitment activities, virtually no information exists on the effectiveness of these programs. Research on the teacher workforce, however, suggests that improving teacher support and addressing uncompetitive salaries are the most promising strategies for recruiting and retaining teachers. Thus, we recommend education agencies focus their teacher efforts in these two areas.
2009-10 State Budget Update
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- PowerPoint
February 20, 2009 - Presented to the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) Chief Business Officers (CBO) conference.
2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: Proposition 98 Education Programs
February 3, 2009 - The Governor’s budget reflects major reductions to school spending in 2008-09 and 2009-10. In this report, we outline ways for the Legislature to achieve budget-ary savings while minimizing the adverse effects on core educational programs. In contrast to the Governor’s approach of cutting K-12 revenue limits (districts’ most flexible source of funding), we recommend that the Legislature make targeted spending reductions. We develop a three-tiered approach to making these reduc-tions, first identifying cuts that would have the least programmatic effect. To help districts respond to these reductions, the administration proposes to permanently suspend most categorical program requirements and all but three K-14 mandates. In contrast, we recommend that the Legislature adopt a more strategic approach that provides districts with additional categorical program flexibility but also simpli-fies, streamlines, and improves the existing system. We also recommend undertak-ing substantive mandate reform.