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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A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California
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March 26, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
The Weighted Student Funding Formula and English Learner Students
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March 26, 2012 - Presented to Senate Select Committee on English Learners
A Review of the Teacher Layoff Process in California
March 22, 2012 - Reductions to school district budgets over the past five years have resulted in a sharp decline in the teacher workforce, with the number of full–time teachers decreasing by 32,000 since 2007–08. This has led to an increased focus on how the teacher layoff process works. This report gives an overview of the existing layoff process, evaluates how well the process is working, and makes recommendations for improving its effectiveness. For our analysis, we distributed a survey to all public school districts in the state asking them about their implementation of the teacher layoff process, used information provided by two state agencies--the California Department of Education (CDE) and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH)--and included information from the California Teachers Association (CTA).
State Has Two Child Care and Development Systems
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March 14, 2012 - Presented to the Joint Hearing of Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services and Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance. Hon. Holly J. Mitchell and Hon. Susan Bonilla, Chairs
Restructuring the K-12 Funding System
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March 13, 2012 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance Hon. Susan Bonilla, Chair
Overview of State Financial Aid Programs
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March 7, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of Proposition 98 Budget
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March 6, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Overview of Child Care and Development Budget
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March 1, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Comparing Funding for Charter Schools and Their School District Peers
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March 1, 2012 - Presented to the California Charter Schools Conference.
State Budget Update--Charter Schools Conference
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February 29, 2012 - State budget update presented at California Charter Schools Conference.
The 2012-13 Budget: The Governor's CalWORKs and Child Care Proposals
February 22, 2012 - The Governor proposes to reduce funding for the CalWORKs program and state-subsidized child care programs. Under his budget plan, these programs would be reduced a total of $1.4 billion or about 20 percent in 2012-13 compared to what current law otherwise would require. These savings would be achieved by imposing stricter limits on which families are eligible to receive which types of services, as well as lowering state payments for CalWORKs recipients and child care providers. Additionally, the Governor’s proposal would make major changes to the way the state administers both welfare-to-work and child care services. In this report, we describe and analyze the Governor’s proposals related to the CalWORKs program and then turn to a similar discussion of the proposed changes to child care programs. We conclude by providing the Legislature with illustrative packages of ways to achieve savings in these two areas using different approaches than the Governor's.
Governor’s K-12 Mandates Proposal
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February 16, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Restructuring the K-12 Funding System
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February 16, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
The 2012-13 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's Higher Education Proposal
February 8, 2012 - The Governor’s budget reduces funding for state financial aid programs by over $300 million. At the same time, it generally maintains or augments funding for the public colleges and universities in 2012-13; reduces budgetary controls on their spending; and commits to annual funding increases in subsequent years, contingent on their meeting undefined performance targets. Furthermore, higher education funding would be subject to “trigger cuts” if the Governor’s proposed tax increases are not approved by voters in November. This report makes a number of recommendations for legislative consideration, including alternative ways to reduce financial aid costs that would have better outcomes for students and the state. The report also urges caution in relaxing budgetary controls in higher education, and identifies alternative ways to structure trigger cuts in order to reduce uncertainty and disruption in higher education programs.