The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of May Revision K-12 Education Proposals [Publication Details]

May 18, 2021 - This handout analyzes the overall architecture of the Governor's May Revision plan for school funding, including major spending proposals and underlying estimates of the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4433

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The funds will be transferred soon, but the state has until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released detailed guidance with more detail on how these funds can be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care [Publication Details]

Apr 29, 2021 - Since March 2020, the federal government has passed three relief packages that assist K-12 schools and child care providers in their response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. This post provides a brief summary of how the three federal relief packages affect K-12 education and child care and describes how the state has used these federal funds, as of April 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4419

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - The state has one year to commit the funding and until September 30, 2024 to expend funds. Provides Additional Funding for Special Education, Private Schools, Homeless Students, and Education Technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Beginning March  15, 2021, a single school site with two or more COVID-19 outbreaks, as identified by the local public health department or CDPH, will be subject to a CDPH safety review. Provides $25  Million for CDPH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss [Publication Details]

Apr 23, 2021 - On March 5, 2021, the Governor signed Chapter 10 (AB 86, Committee on Budget), which provides additional one-time Proposition 98 funding to schools for providing in-person instruction and addressing student learning loss due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. This post describes the major components of the legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4417

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Most school districts, every community college, and some public and private four ‑year institutions voluntarily participate in Cal ‑PASS Plus, a project overseen by the CCC Chancellor ’s Office. Cal ‑PASS Plus links data from participating institutions, then analyzes the data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate [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/4392

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - Removing these higher claims from the data reduces the per ‑student costs by roughly 25  p ercent. Commission Undercounts Female Student Enrollment in Applicable Schools. To extrapolate its ongoing per ‑pupil costs statewide, the Commission multiplies its per ‑student rates by its estimate of female student enrollment in grades 6 ‑12 at schools with 40  p ercent or more low ‑income students (about 919,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

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