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

Nov 10, 2025 - The contracted entities shall explore current California regulations and policies regarding curriculum guidance, the processes for adopting or changing curriculum standards and frameworks in California and other states, how curriculum guidance is evaluated in other states, and what additional guidance and support is provided to educators on content standards in ot her states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - We recommend providing enough funding for the committee to hire two limited –term staffers and provide each committee member with a small stipend (for example, $15,000 per year) to compensate for his/her time and expense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - To ensure a seamless transition from early intervention to preschool services, the federal government requires early intervention providers to work with each child ’s school to develop a transition plan no later than 90 days before his or her third birthday.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - At least once per year, each student ’s parents, teachers, and district administrators meet to develop his or her IEP, which includes specific goals and actions tailored to that student ’s abilities and needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program

Jan 27, 2016 - If a basic aid district enrolls a student from a home district that is not a basic aid district, the basic aid district receives 70  percent of the base funding the student would have generated in his or her home district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3331