^[PDF] Year-Three Survey: Update on School District Finance in California

Our district’s per-pupil spending has: Per-Pupil Spending Percent of Respondents Increased 13% Remained flat/about the same 5 Decreased less than 5 percent 11 Decreased by 5 percent to 10 percent 25 Decreased by 10 percent to 15 percent 21 Decreased 15 percent or more 25 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/year-three-survey/year-three-survey-050212.pdf

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Public Safety Package

Feb 17, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $6  million annually from 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25 (declining to $500,000 annually beginning in 2026 ‑27) for a new program to pursue ORCE investigations and prosecutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4546

^[PDF] Local Control Funding Formula

School contribution rates are expected to rise each year until the mid-2020s.  Recent Increases in School Funding Have Outpaced Growth in Pension Costs  School pension contributions are estimated to increase about $3 billion from 2014-15 through 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2017/Local-Control-Funding-Formula-42017.pdf

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - Nearly 25 years after the state developed its early intervention system, the original rationale for this division of responsibilities is somewhat unclear. In conversations with stakeholders, we heard many suggest that schools have a long history of serving older children with HVO impairments and thus were well positioned in 1993 t o serve infants and toddlers with similar impairments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728

^[PDF] The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors’ Partnership Agreement Program

One year later, in response to concerns from schools—and related litigation—the state prohibited counties from charging schools, in effect requiring counties to cover the schools’ share of these costs (Chapter 75 of 1991 [SB 188, Maddy], and Chapter 333 of 1991 [SB 282, L. 
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3632/State-County-Assessors-032717.pdf

LAO 2006 Budget Analysis: Migrant Education

(Under the federal school accountability system, schools that do not meet student performance goals for two or more consecutive years are classified as PI.) We have concerns with restricting the use of carryover funding in this way because only about 30 percent of the state’s migrant student population attends PI schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/education/ed_15_anl06.html

^[PDF] 1950 Budget Analysis: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

An additional factor influencing the request is the steadily rising ratio of enrollment in private schools as compared with the public schools. In the 1948-49 Fiscal Year private school enrollment represented 3.4 percent of the total average enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1950/33_veterans_1950.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of Local Control Funding Formula and K-12 Pension Costs

LCFF Implementation Tracking Implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula 10 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Target Percent of Target Level Funded 73% 83% 91% 96% Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools (Dollars in Billions)a a Numbers are final through 2014-15 and estimated for 2015-16 through 2017-18. 2017-18 25% of gap
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2017/Overview-LCFF-and-K-12-Pension-Costs-030717.pdf

2000 Budget Analysis: Education Overview, Priorities, Base Budget Adjustments

All eligible schools in first cohort received planning grants of $50,000 in the current school year, and will receive implementation grants of $168 per studen t in the 2000-01 year. Governor's budget provides for a second cohort of 430 schools to receive $50,000 planning grants starting in the fall of 2000.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/education/ed_ov-cc1_anl00.htm

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - The Governor proposes a multiyear effort, with 2021 ‑22 serving as a planning year where school districts would apply for the grants. Selected school districts would then receive funding for the year ‑over ‑year increase in TK students served in the 2022 ‑23 school year, and would receive per ‑pupil grants equivalent to half of the LCFF rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350