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

Feb 15, 2024 - Truancy is defined a s either missing three days of school with unexcused absences throughout the school year, or being tardy for more than 30 minutes without a valid excuse on three occasions throughout the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - The current deadline for CTC to commit these funds is June 30, 2026. Any uncommitted funds would revert to the state. Governor ’s Proposal Governor ’s Budget Extends Encumbrance Deadline, Increases Grant Size, and Reduces Match Requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

How Small Is Too Small? An Analysis of School District Consolidation - How Small Is Too Small? An Analysis of School District Consolidation [Video]

An Analysis of School District Consolidation May 2, 2011 In this webcast (approximately 10 minutes), analyst Rachel Ehlers discusses the LAO report How Small Is Too Small? An Analysis of School District Consolidation .
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=78

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Unlike school districts, charter schools do not have a daily minimum instructional minute requirement for school days. (The daily minimum instructional minute requirement for school districts varies by grade span, from 180 minutes for kindergarten to 240 minutes for grades 9 ‑12.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Requirements for New Grantees Begin in 2029 ‑30. LEAs receiving funding would be required to annually report and publicly present their community school plans. For new community schools grantees, the administration indicates annual reporting requirements would begin in 2029 ‑30, when they will be required to submit an implementation plan by December 31, 2029.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 29, 2020 - September 30, 2022 Total $6,436 a Of total amount, $4.4  billion must be spent by December 30, 2020. Remaining $355  million must be spent by September 30, 2022. b Budget also includes $540  million Proposition  98 to be spent by June 30, 2021 for this purpose. c Budget also includes $80  million Proposition  98 funding for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4291

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - For example, the 2025‑26 budget provided $30 million to support the transition to paying providers prospectively. (Currently, the state pays providers after they have submitted timesheets demonstrating they have provided care.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - This round of funds is available to for CTC to allocate until June 30, 2030. Additionally, the budget extends the deadline for allocating residency grant funds appropriated in the 2022-23 budget package from June 30, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Giving districts 60 days to screen students, rather than the 30 days required for English learners, provides mo re time for TK students to get comfortable in the school setting before being assessed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990