Reality Check: Education Budget Projections, Proposals, & Opportunities

Speakers:

• Presenter: Elizabeth Hill, California Legislative Analyst, explains the governor's proposed budget cuts as well as the LAO's own counter proposals and projections. She also answers audience questions.

Video:

In addition to this discussion, the Forum included the following sessions:

• Session #1: Interventions
• Session #2: Data
• Session #4: Finance Reform

Presentation Slides:

• Click here to see Elizabeth Hill's presentation slides. 

Resources Related to 2008-09 Budget Data:

California's Education Budget

• Budget and Funding
  This impartial analysis describes Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed budget for 2008-09 and outlines the immediate impacts it is expected to have on California school districts. It also links to the Legislative Analyst's Office analyses of the budget.
• Finance System
  This section describes how the state's education system is funded, including revenues, allocations, and expenditures. It provides a history of California school finance.
• School Finance Highlights 2007-08
  This two-page summary focuses on the money budgeted for schools in the 2007-08 fiscal year, including challenges facing districts and the state as well as funding projections in the near future.
• California Department of Finance
  The DOF posts the state budget and other official documents.
• Legislative Analyst's Office
  The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office provides annual analyses of budget proposals and final decisions, and this year has released an alternative proposal for the K-14 budget.
  

Click here to find substantive background resources related to all the topics discussed at the 2008 Forum.

Other Forum Links:

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