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Workload Formula

Workload Formula

The Workload Formula uses the Resource Assessment Study (RAS) to calculate the workload
funding need of each trial court. RAS uses case filings, case weights, and work year value to

determine the total number of minutes needed to address a court’s case-related activities. These

total minutes are then converted to full-time equivalents (FTE), or each court’s full-time staffing
need (FTE Need). Finally, the FTE Need is converted to dollars by multiplying it by an average
salary and benefit amount. This calculation results in each court’s Workload Formula Funding
Need.

The Workload Allocation is the funding available to the trial courts to fund the Workload Formula

Funding Need. The funding percentage is the proportion of need that is funded.

In FY 2024-25, the statewide average funding percentage is 91.31% (down from 94.8%). This
means that on average, there are 91.31 cents of funding per dollar of calculated need. The Court is
funded at 88.88 cents per dollar of need, 2.43 cents lower than the statewide average funding.

Asbestos 3625
Conservatorship & Guardianship 2225
Complex 1921
RAS has three components:
Estates/Trusts 1831
Parentage 1260 1. Case filings - The annual
Juvenile Dependency 1211 number of case filings in
each court (3-year
Dissolution/Separation/Nullity 861
average)
Felony 813
Unlimited Civil 719 2. Case weights – The
Juvenile Delinquency 646 estimate of time staff
spend on cases from
Other Family 571
filing to post-disposition
Misdemeanor - Non-Traffic 478
(in minutes)
Domestic Violence 475 Case weights (in minutes)
Child Support 405 3. Work year value – The

Mental Health 324 amount of time staff has
for case-related activities
Unlawful Detainer 276
in a year (currently
Small Claims 259 98,550 minutes per FTE)

Limited (Without UD) 182
Misdemeanor - Traffic 103
Mental Health Certification 48.5
Infractions - small court 38

Infractions - large court 22
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