Kenneth F. Hall

fiscal policy advisor

Ken Hall is a fiscal policy advisor for California Forward.  He has served in major state positions in both the legislative and executive branches and, in his last state responsibility, served as chief deputy director of the State Department of Finance from 1970 to 1974.  Ken was the chief architect of California’s major public and school finance bills of that era, including designing California’s revenue limits, which is the current core funding base for K-12 education.

After leaving state service, and for the next 30 years, Ken built School Services of California Inc, a consulting firm which today serves virtually all 1,050 California K-12 school agencies.  The company focuses on school finance, budget and governance issues and Ken provided training services to thousands of school executives annually as well as serving as expert witness in numerous court and labor debates.

Ken retired from School Services in 2005 and today serves as executive in residence for the University of Southern California Roosier School of Education.  He serves on numerous non-profit boards and lives in Carmichael, California.