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

Feb 15, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver [Publication Details] Description: 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 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - As  part of this option, if  serving additional students in expanded learning programs was a priority, the Legislature could allow districts to retain at least a portion of their funding if they agreed to use their ASES funding for students in grades 7 and  8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

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

Feb 15, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver Summary 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/Report/4840

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

Mar 1, 2021 - To derive the new per ‑student block grant rates, we recommend increasing the high school rate more than the K ‑ 8 r ate, as the mandate applies to all high school grades but only a portion of grades K ‑8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Treatment of Teacher Contributions Also Increase District Unfunded Liabilities

Feb 2, 2016 - As described above, administration documents characterized higher teacher contributions as paying for $8 billion of the $74 billion unfunded liability that existed when the funding plan was placed into law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3335

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - Figure 8 State Priority Areas and Associated Performance Measures State Measure
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - To derive the new per ‑student block grant funding rates, we recommend increasing the K ‑8 rate more than the high school rate, as five grades in the K ‑8 grade span are tested whereas only one high school grade (eleventh) is tested.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Among these other districts, 78  p ercent have fewer tha n 1 , 000 t otal students, 78  p ercent are located in rural parts of the state, and 83  p ercent are elementary districts (enrolling students in grades K throug h 8 o nly).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - By 2021 ‑22, the guarantee is about $7. 6  b illion (8. 8  p ercent) below the level in our growth scenario (see Figure 4). Under the recession scenario, the state not only would be unable to provide COLA in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22, it also would need to reduce spending (assuming it funds at the lower minimum guarantee).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

Proposition 98 Pupil Discipline Mandates [Publication Details]

Mar 12, 2004 - Presented to the Assembly Committee on State Mandates on March 8, 2004.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1151