The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - By the end of the multiyear plan (once 14(c) certificates are phased out), any DDS consumers who are employed must be paid at least minimum wage. When S B  639 was enacted, the number of individuals receiving subminimum wage was not clearly documented due to data limitations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program

Apr 30, 2019 - Substantial Overlap Between Cal Grant  C and Cal Grant B Eligibility. Many of the CTE students eligible for a Cal Grant  C award also are eligible for a Cal Grant B award. Data from CCC indicate that most programs completed by Cal Grant  C recipients are at least one year long and thus meet the length requirement for the Cal Grant B program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4020

EdBudget Tables (July 2016)

Jul 14, 2016 - Pursuant to Chapter  384 of 2015 (SB 252, Leno). 25 $21 ongoing, $4 one time Transfer administration of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program to the Department of Social Services. -108 b a Except where noted, all amounts are non-Proposition  98 General Fund. b Federal funds. c Funding initially provided in 2015-16 and reappropriated in 2016-17. d Provides $81,000 in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3491

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - Unlike K-12 schools, community colleges do not receive planning payments. b Available until June 30, 2018. Posted January 2017. Proposition 98 Funding Per Student $10,171 $396 2.7% a Includes funding for state debt-service payments for school facilities, state contributions to the State Teachers ’ Retirement System, and California Department of Education
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

LAO Recommended Legislation [Publication Details]

Dec 1, 2008 - Recommendations in this report include, among many others: (a) Simplify and Consolidate K-12 General Purpose Funding, (b) Promote the Adoption of Health Information Technology in California, (c) Fund Inmate Education Programs Based on Actual Attendance, and (d) Increase and Index the State Gas Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1897

EdBudget Tables (May 2016)

May 17, 2016 - EdBudget Tables (May 2016) -10,463 8,187 a Reflects actuals for all stages of CalWORKs, DOF estimates for Migrant child care and Care for Children with Severe Disabilities, CDE estimates for Transitional Kindergarten, and LAO estimates for all other programs. b Reflects DSS estimates for CalWORKs Stage 1; DOF estimates for CalWORKs Stage 2 and 3, Migrant child care, and Care for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3468

January EdBudget Tables (2016)

Jan 14, 2016 - January EdBudget Tables (2016) 18,978 4% a Reflects actuals for all stages of CalWORKs, DOF estimates for Migrant child care and Care for Children With Severe Disabilities, CDE estimates for Transitional Kindergarten, and LAO estimates for all other programs. b Reflects DSS estimates for CalWORKs Stage 1; DOF estimates for CalWORKs Stage 2 and 3, Migrant child care, and Care for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3326

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool 1,209 69.0 a Reflects Department of Social Services ’ revised Stage 1 estimates, Department of Finance ’s revised estimates for Stage 2 and Stage 3, and budget appropriations for all other programs. b Does not include $9.6 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services. c General Child
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program a Excludes students attending independently managed charter schools. b Includes five districts with no students currently participating in the program. c This average is affected by a handful of relatively large districts with relatively few participating students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329