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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 114
Author: Assembly Budget Committee
Amended: 6/14/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTE NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2011: education-related
statutory revisions
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes education-related statutory
revisions consistent with the 2011-12 Budget package.
Senate Floor Amendments of 6/14/11 make education-related
statutory revisions consistent with the 2011-12 budget
package.
ANALYSIS : This bill makes the following statutory
revisions affecting K-12 education and higher education:
K-12 Education
1. Elimination of K-12 Inter-Year Deferral Buydown. .
Eliminates a total of $3 billion to buydown (reduce)
inter-year payment deferrals for K-12 schools in
2011-12. (Of the $3.0 billion eliminated, $663 million
is Proposition 98 "settle-up" funds and $2.347 billion
is ongoing Proposition 98 funds.) This action will
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continue all existing inter-year payment deferrals in
2011-12, as well as, a new $2.1 billion payment deferral
enacted by the March package. Altogether, inter-year
payment deferrals for K-12 schools will total
approximately $9.4 billion in 2011-12.
2. General Fund Savings from County Offices of Education .
Utilizes surplus county office of education property tax
balances that are currently restricted, and cannot be
expended for any purpose, to offset other programs
thereby reducing state General Fund costs by up to $50
million in 2011-12.
3. Technical Changes . Makes a number of technical changes
that clarify language related to the provision of
educationally related mental health services for
students with disabilities.
Child Care and Development
1. Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) . Removes
language related to moving the Early Learning Advisory
Council to the Department of Education.
Higher Education
1. Eliminates Buydown of Community College Deferrals .
Eliminates language related to reducing the annual
California Community College (CCC) deferral, thus
maintaining the deferral level of $961 million.
2. Increases University of California (UC) Deferral .
Defers the UC June 2012 General Fund allocation until
August 2012.
3. Maintains all California State University (CSU) Audits .
Removes language related to eliminating duplicative
audits required biennially at each of the 23 CSU
campuses.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
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CPM:do 6/15/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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