The 2024-25 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2024 - (Our earlier analysis, The 2024‑25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision , differed in two ways: (1) it provided our assessment of the budget condition in 2024‑25 only, and (2) it was predicated on the administration’s revenue estimates.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4907

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Chapter  48 of 2023 (S B  114 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) requires the Legislative Analyst ’s Office and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to study the funding determination process for nonclassroom ‑based charter schools and report their findings by March  1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

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

Nov 28, 2023 - Early Admittance Districts and charter schools cannot serve students that turn five after the end of the school year. Districts can serve four ‑year olds born between June2 and September 1 during the 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ­25 school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - This reduction includes $9.6  billion in 2022 ‑23, $7 billion in 2023 ‑24, and $4.4 billion in 2024 ‑25. The magnitude of the downward revision in 2022 ‑23 is unprecedented for a fiscal year that is already over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4819

The 2024-25 Budget: University of California

Feb 28, 2024 - Proposed Approach Also Increases Out ‑Year Risks for UC. Although the Governor’s proposal benefits UC in 2024‑25 by allowing it to increase spending, it comes with heightened risks for UC the following year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4862

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Beginning in 2024 ‑25, COEs are required to develop focused goals for: (1)  schools receiving equity multiplier funding; (2)  schools that received the lowest performance level based on one or more state indicators; and (3)  student subgroups that received the lowest performance level based on one or more state indicators, either across all the COE ’s schools or at a specific school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - That is, all of the savings associated with the payment would accrue to 2024 ‑25 with zero benefit to future years. Proposed Use of 2023 ‑24 Payment Appears to Violate Constitution by Supplanting State Contribution in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

The 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 20, 2024 - DOF ’s new approach uses an average of actual allowance prices from auctions that occurred in the previous calendar year. For 2024 ‑25, this new approach has resulted in the administration basing its spending plan on higher estimates compared to its previous practice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - PSL became available on July 1, 2018 for IHSS providers who worked a certain number of hours within a calendar year. In 2018-19, the maximum amount of PSL an IHSS provider could accrue was eight hours per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Several Factors Could Guide 2024 ‑25 Enrollment Growth Decision.   If some districts are on track to grow in 2023 ‑24, it could mean they might continue to grow in 2024 ‑25. Student demand also might increase in 2024 ‑25 if the state ’s unemployment rate continues to tick upward, the job market weakens, or entry ‑level wage growth slows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853