The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Federal Law Requires School Food Service Workers Meet Annual Training Requirements. Food service workers are required to complete six hours of training per year if they are employed full time and four hours if they are employed part time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - Within a few years, there is a good chance of a substantial amount of negative room. Specifically, by 2024 ‑25, the state is more likely than not to have negative room in excess of $ 10  b illion. As a result, we anticipate the Legislature will need to make —potentially major —changes to the state budget in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

February 2021 Cap-and-Trade Auction Update [EconTax Blog]

Feb 25, 2021 - The remaining $41 million in additional revenue will be available for discretionary spending —which can be allocated by the Legislature as part of this year ’s budget process, or in future years. Future Auction Revenue Continues to Be Subject to Substantial Uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/630

^[PDF] Summary of Recommended Legislation

However, a 500 pupil year-round school would cost only an estimated $3.5 million, for a savings of approximately $700,000 from the cost of a traditional 600 pupil school. Our analysis indicates that year-round schools are educationally sound and, for several other reasons, provide a viable alternative to the traditional nine-month calendar.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1988/02_88_summary_of_recommended_legislation.pdf

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - When the state created the requirement for supplemental payments, it had anticipated a steep drop in the minimum guarantee that would affect school and community college funding for several years. The supplemental payments were intended to accelerate the recovery from this drop, with payments growing from $2.3  billion in 2021 ‑22 to more than $6  billion by 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

^[PDF] Proposition 98 Overview

Assumes no new revenue proposals. 3L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E March 25, 2008 Several current-year options remain viable for reducing ongoing Proposition 98 spending without affecting the amount of funding going to schools: Identify additional unspent funds from prior years/current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2008/Prop_98_03_25_08.pdf

LAO Education

However, the state also faces an operating deficit beginning in 2021-22 and throughout the outlook period, growing to $17 billion by 2024-25. Our analysis also finds it is quite unlikely for revenues to grow fast enough for the budget to break even and erase the operating deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=0&year=0&page=10

^[PDF] The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Reducing ongoing spending in 2023-24 also would help the state avoid passing a budget that creates a deficit in 2024-25. • Reject Additional Literacy Funding and New Arts and Cultural Enrichment Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2023/4688/One-Time-K-12-Spending-021623.pdf

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatments for individuals under the age of 18 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

LAO Other Government Areas

Brief The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals Format:
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=5&category=0&year=0&page=1