The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate the percentage of high school seniors who applied for an entitlement award increased from roughly 35  percent in the 2009 ‑10 award year to roughly 50  percent in the 2017 ‑18 award year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Most school districts, every community college, and some public and private four ‑year institutions voluntarily participate in Cal ‑PASS Plus, a project overseen by the CCC Chancellor ’s Office. Cal ‑PASS Plus links data from participating institutions, then analyzes the data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures

Dec 18, 2019 - Were new campuses or medical schools to be approved over the next few years, the resulting cost increases would be substantial, with significant long ‑term fiscal implications. Key Planning Issues In this section, we examine the extent to which the state General Fund budget has capacity to cover UC and CSU cost pressures in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4127

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - New COLA Affects Costs for Other School and Community College Programs. As the figure shows, the Governor ’s budget includes a COLA for several other school and community college programs. For schools, the largest program after LCFF is special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - School Behavioral Health Counselors and Coaches 338.0 (across five years) As part of broader Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, provide grants to a variety of entities to increase number of behavioral health counselors, coaches, and peer support specialists in schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - UC must certify compliance with this requirement each year before DOF may approve UC projects. According to DOF, UC is still developing a process to use to demonstrate its compliance. UC Is Requesting Approval of One Project in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395

The 2019-20 May Revision: K-12 Cal Grant Mandate

May 28, 2019 - To streamline the GPA submission process and encourage higher Cal Grant participation, Chapter 679 of 2014 (AB 2160, Ting) requires that all high school seniors in public schools be considered Cal Grant applicants unless they opt out during their junior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4052

The 2018-19 Budget: Adult Education Analysis

Feb 15, 2018 - Depending upon the distributional effects of the base per ‑student rate, the state might wish to phase in the new rate over a few years. Consider Building Performance Component Into New Funding System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3752

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most notably, the Governor provides a combined $ 900  m illion for six programs aimed at improving school employee training, recruitment, and retention. The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - Not Automatically Providing Statutory Supplemental Appropriation Provides Legislature With More Budget Flexibility in Future Years. Not providing the supplemental appropriation could lead to somewhat slower growth in school funding in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670