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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Judiciary and Criminal Justice Chapter

February 18, 2004 - Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Judiciary and Criminal Justice Chapter

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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Health and Social Services Chapter

February 18, 2004 - Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Health and Social Services Chapter

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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, General Government Chapter

February 18, 2004 - Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, General Government Chapter

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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Education Chapter

February 18, 2004 - Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Education Chapter

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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Capital Outlay Chapter

February 18, 2004 - Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill, Capital Outlay Chapter

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Analysis of the 2004-05 Budget Bill and Perspectives and Issues

February 18, 2004 - Our annual detailed examination of the Budget Bill based on the Governor's Budget. It includes hundreds of findings and recommendations related to education, health and social services, criminal justice, transportation, resources, capital outlay, information technology, and local government.

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Maintaining the Master Plan's Commitment to College Access

February 13, 2004 - The expressed goal in current law is that all Californians should be afforded the opportunity to receive a college education. The Master Plan for Higher Education, originally adopted by the Legislature in 1960, has served as the state's higher education roadmap. This report describes the state's admissions policies and practices, and assesses how they relate to the Master Plan. While we conclude that the Master Plan's commitment to access can be maintained even in the current fiscal environment, this will require some adjustments in current policies and practices.

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A Look at the Progress of English Learner Students

February 12, 2004 - The 2002 California English Language Development Test documents the progress of more than 1.3 million English learner students in the state. This reports summarizes student achievement as measured by the test and evaluates the rate at which students' English skills improve. On the whole, student progress is slow, although some groups of students appear to make rapid progress.

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"Remodeling" the Drug Medi-Cal Program

February 11, 2004 - California's program for substance abuse treatment services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, known as Drug Medi-Cal, provides a patchwork of services with an inconsistent level of support for different modes of treatment and for different treatment populations. In this report, we recommend an approach for addressing these concerns which would provide greater authority and resources for community-based services, contain the fast-growing costs of methadone treatment, and integrate a new and potentially more cost-effective mode of treatment into Drug Medi-Cal that does not require a net increase in state General Fund resources.

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California Tax Policy and Biotechnology

February 6, 2004 - Presented to the Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology

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A Review of California's Compulsory Education Laws

February 2, 2004 - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2000 (SB 1913, McPherson), requires the Legislative Analyst‘s Office (LAO), in consultation with the California District Attorney’s Association and the State Department of Education, to report to the Legislature regarding the implementation of newly established penalties for parents who violate the state’s compulsory education laws. In this report, we: (1) provide background information on the state’s compulsory attendance laws and the interventions to be taken if these laws are violated, as well as explain how homeschooling served as the impetus for important provisions of Chapter 465 and (2) review the implementation of these laws and interventions. We also recommend the Legislature: (1) clarify existing laws related to homeschooling and truancy penalties and (2) improve related data collection efforts.

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Reforming California’s Tax System

January 22, 2004 - Presented to the Little Hoover Commission

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Assessing California's Charter Schools

January 20, 2004 - We recommend that the Legislature (1) remove the cap on the number of charter schools that may operate in the state, (2) restructure the charter school categorical block grant, (3) strengthen charter school oversight by permitting school districts to opt out of charter authorizing, allowing for multiple authorizers, and creating safeguards to promote stronger accountability and (4) modify fee policies by delineating more clearly between facility fees and oversight fees, capping these fees, and eliminating the mandate-claims process for oversight costs.

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Overview of the 2004-05 Governor's Budget

January 13, 2004 - We believe that the Governor's proposal provides a solid starting point for budget deliberations. It includes realistic revenue and caseload assumptions, as well as real and ongoing solutions from most areas of the budget. At the same time, however, it presents the Legislature with numerous policy issues and concerns. For example, its reductions would have far-reaching consequences for the scope of state services in a variety of program areas. Some of its proposals lack detail or have savings estimates that may not be achievable. And, even with the serious spending reductions it proposes in 2004-05 the plan does not fully address the state's ongoing budget problem—leaving a roughly $6 billion shortfall between expenditures and revenues in 2005-06.

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Overview of Outreach Programs and Funding

January 7, 2004 - Presented to Senate Select Committee on College and University Admissions and Outreach, Senate Education Committee, and Assembly Higher Education Committee.