Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - CDE selected Tulare COE as the lead technical assistance provider, and selected eight COEs to serve as regional technical assistance centers. K ‑16 Education Collaboratives. The 2021 ‑22 budget package provided $250  million non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to the Department of General Services for a competitive grant program to support regional collaboratives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - COEs Must Specify Actions They Will Take to Achieve Goals. A COE ’s LCAP must specify the actions the COE plans to take to achieve its goals. The specified actions must be aligned with the COE ’s adopted budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Reduces Funding for State Preschool Offered by School Districts and COEs. The budget reduces Proposition  98 funding for State Preschool by $302  million on a one-time basis. This reflects the estimate of State Preschool funds for school districts and COEs that would otherwise go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CTC competitively awarded grant to Tulare COE to operate center. 7.0 Total $1,677.5 STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; LEAs = local education agencies; COE = county office of education; EL/LI = English learner/low income; CSAC = California Student Aid Commission; and CDE = California Department of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Fiscal Oversight Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2020 - In this post, we provide background on fiscal oversight of school districts in California, describe the Governor’s proposals to augment oversight and reporting requirements related to school district budgets, assess those proposals, and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4204

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Fiscal Oversight Proposals

Mar 19, 2020 - Under current law, the COE ’s authority to stay or rescind the actions of a fiscally distressed district expires when the COE approves the district ’s budget. However, current law does not specify whether the COE ’s stay or rescind authority would persist for another year if the COE disapproves the relevant district ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4204

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Prior to A B  1505 , SBE reviewed appeals for new charter schools by conducting its own independent review of the charter petition, similar to that of school districts and COEs. Under A B  1505 , if the charter petition was denied by a school district and a COE, then SBE only evaluates whether the school district or COE may have abused its discretion —SBE does not conduct an independent review of the charter petition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - Under previous law, COEs received funding for these schools based on their current-year attendance only. Minimum Grants. Within the COE LCFF, the budget also establishes a new grant providing $200,000 for each COE that operates at least one court school and another $200,000 for each COE that operates at least one county community school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - A district that is identified as low performing based on the school dashboard is to receive targeted support from its COE. In providing this support, COEs sometimes consult with other regional agencies known as geographic  leads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Increases LCFF for COEs by 15  Percent Statewide. The budget package provides a $101  million ongoing increase to COEs through LCFF, representing roughly a 15  percent increase in total COE LCFF funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641