The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Reduces Funding for State Preschool Offered by School Districts and COEs. The budget reduces Proposition  98 funding for State Preschool by $302  million on a one-time basis. This reflects the estimate of State Preschool funds for school districts and COEs that would otherwise go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Statute Requires COEs to Set Goals in State Priority Areas. For each of the state and local measures, statute requires COEs to establish performance targets for its students, student subgroups, and schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

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

Feb 29, 2024 - They must hire an auditor from a list of firms approved by the State Controller ’s Office. The auditor then conducts an independent review following procedures in the audit manual developed by the state known as the Guide for Annual Audits of K ‑12 Local Education Agencies and State Compliance Reporting (known as the audit guide).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - Prior to 2022 ‑23, the state contributed roughly 25 cents per free and reduced meal served (the state did not reimburse paid meals). In 2022 ‑23, the state provided a discretionary rate increase of 63  cents per meal —a 238 percent increase to the state rate for a free meal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - This is the state ’s budget . After this plan is put into law, the executive branch executes it on a cash basis. That is, on a daily basis, the state ’s tax agencies collect revenues, the State Controller pays the state ’s bills, and the State Treasurer invests any of the state ’s cash that is currently unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2024 - In this brief, we evaluate the Governor’s novel proposal to allow schools to keep $8 billion of cash disbursements above the minimum requirement without recognizing the budgetary impact of those payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4840

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education [Publication Details]

Nov 28, 2023 - This post summarizes overall Proposition 98 funding and K-12 education spending in the 2023-24 budget package. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4818

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

Nov 28, 2023 - The budget provides $100,000 for the Sacramento County Office of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and CDE, to update distance learning curriculum and instructional guidance for mathematics in alignment with the new mathematics framework adopted by the State Board of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 2, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4835

Recent State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2023 - Recent State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4744