The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2019 - The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: This report examines how the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee might change over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4113

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - During the economic boom that prevailed in the late 1990s, the state for several years provided more funding than was required by the minimum guarantee. Because the minimum guarantee generally builds upon the level provided in the previous year, such augmentations resulted in long-term increases in school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 28, 2017 - New COLA Affects Costs of Certain School and Community College Programs. As shown in the figure below, the Governor ’s budget included a COLA for several school and community college programs. For schools, the largest of these programs is special education whereas for community colleges, the largest is apportionments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3657

The 2017-18 Budget: Bus Driver Training Program

Mar 10, 2017 - In addition, the office has the authority to charge fees for its certification courses and other services and generated about $100,000 in fee revenue that year. The bulk of fee revenue comes from the school bus driver instructor course.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3614

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 18, 2018 - Similar to previous years, funds would be allocated to school districts, COEs, and charter schools on a per-student basis. We estimate that the $1.8  billion allocation would equate to about $300 per student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732

The 2019-20 May Revision: Overview of the May Revision Proposition 98 Package

May 13, 2019 - In most years, the state budget allocates some ongoing Proposition  98 funds for one-time activities. This approach provides a buffer that reduces the likelihood of cuts to ongoing programs if the guarantee experiences a year ‑over ‑year decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4044

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - In addition to these programs, the federal government runs the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, which provides up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness for teaching in hard –to –staff schools for five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - In recent years, the state has continued to provide Out ‑of ‑Home Care funding, but counts of foster youth and bed capacity for group homes have been frozen at 2016 ‑ 17 l evels for each SELPA. In other words, for the past several years, Out ‑of ‑Home Care funding has not accounted for changes in foster youth counts in each SELPA, the placement of more foster youth with resource families, or the replacement of group homes with STRTPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

Analyzing Recent Changes to State Support for Fiscally Distressed Districts

Dec 20, 2018 - Conclusion For schools to keep their doors open, school districts must maintain good fiscal health. Local school boards are the ones tasked with keeping their districts in good fiscal health. These boards are to balance their district budgets each year, even when —especially when —doing so requires difficult trade ‑offs and decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3914

History of Special Education Funding in California

Feb 27, 2018 - In 1975, California developed its Master Plan for Special Education, which notably expanded the types of services schools were required to provide students with disabilities. In that same year, Congress passed what we now know as the Individuals with Disabilities Education A ct (IDEA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3764