Overview of the 2000-01 May Revision

Block Grants for Current-Year Funds Would Better Meet Local School Needs. The May Revision proposes $1.4 billion of new current-year spending for K-12 education, as summarized in Figure 4. Although the amount appears reasonable in the overall budget con text, the May Revision misses an opportunity to allocate the new spending in ways that permit local discretion.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/051700_may_revision/051700_may_revision.html

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to retain the existing $25 filing fee —which generates about $90,000 annually —but to eliminate the charge on departments of up to 15  percent of approved claims. The administration indicates that it proposes retaining the $25 fee to discourage individuals from filing claims that are without merit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

Taxation of commercial property. [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2019 - These new responsibilities could increase county property tax administration costs by hundreds of millions of dollars per year ongoing. Of the remaining $6.5  billion to $11.5  billion, roughly 60  percent would be allocated to cities, counties, and special districts and roughly 40  percent to schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-008

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2021 - This post provides an update on the progress of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) funding plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4475

HIGHER EDUCATION OVERVIEW

The report also projects that community college enrollments will increase by 19 percent over the next ten years. This is equivalent to about 175,000 additional FTE students by 2003 -04.
https://lao.ca.gov/1995/010195_calguide/cghied1.html

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 16, 2020 - Repurposes Prior Pension Payment to Reduce District Costs Over the Next Two Years. The 2019 ‑20 budget plan included $3.2 billion non-Proposition 98 General Fund for certain pension payments the state was scheduled to make on behalf of schools and colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4284

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Computer Science Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - In addition, as previously mentioned, computer science is not required for a student to graduate high school or be accepted into a four-year university. Moreover, academic performance in computer science is not measured in the California School Dashboard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4198

^[PDF] The two mandates requiring school districts to

The two mandates requiring school districts to notify parents when students are truant exemplify requirements that should be eliminated. These particular mandates are expensive ($25 million annually), ineffective, and broadly duplicative of other requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/edu/educ_mandates/ed_mandates_020210.pdf

The 2014-15 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Grant recipients are required to provide a 25  percent match. 12.0 c a Due to categorical flexibility allowed between 2008 –09 and 2012 –13 , this amount is likely higher than the actual amount spent by providers on ROCP.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/budget/prop98/proposition-98-budget-021414.aspx

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Schools could receive similar property tax gains. Change in State Funding for Schools. Should schools gain property tax revenues under the measure, state funding for schools may decrease by a similar amount in some years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-004