Laura Hill
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Laura Hill
Policy Director and Senior Fellow,
Public Policy Institute of California
Laura Hill is a policy director and senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). She was previously a research associate at the SPHERE Institute and a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Aging. Her areas of expertise are K–12 education and immigration. She is currently researching English learners in California schools, ESL students in community colleges, and the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula. Her recent publications examine the link between language reclassification policies and student success, as well as undocumented immigrants and health. Hill received her PhD in demography from the University of California, Berkeley.
updated 2025
Publications by Laura Hill
California’s Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program provides an additional year of schooling within the K–12 system that aims to prepare children for kindergarten. Launched a decade ago with limited eligibility, the program will be expanded to all…
California's Local Control Funding Formula highlights low performance of special education students. Many districts allocate more base funding for all students into special education. A study found state funding growth has not kept pace with…