The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Department of Education, California has identified shortages of special education, science, and math teachers nearly every year since 1990 ‑91. Special education teachers tend to have higher rates of turnover due to several factors, such as the increased risk of lawsuits and considerable reporting requirements to comply with federal special education law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 18, 2018 - Excluding this amount, the increase from 2017 ‑18 is $91 million (8.1 percent). b Per ‑pupil amount combines funding for K ‑12 education, preschool, and other agencies. FTE = full ‑time equivalent. K-12 Education Funds Full Implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - The S &P 500, for example, has risen about 40  percent over the last two years. Several signs, however, suggest that the stock market has become overvalued. For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - For kitchen infrastructure funding, most LEAs requested funding to purchase cooking equipment and make associated facility upgrades (91  percent), followed by service equipment (88  percent) —such as mobile carts —and refrigeration and storage (88  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - I n 2 014 ‑15, the difference between the share of Latino students using the program ( 32  p ercent) and their share of home district enrollment ( 66  p ercent) wa s 3 4  p ercentage points. I n 2 018 ‑19, this difference had decreased t o 2 8  p ercentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Mar 1, 2021 - To develop our cost estimate, we begin with the Commission ’s estimate —$2.36 for each female student in grades 6 ‑ 12 —and make a 25  p ercent reduction given some claims appear overstated. This results in a rate of $1. 86 p er student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Department of Education, California has identified shortages of special education, science, and math teachers nearly every year since 1990 ‑91. Additionally, low ‑income urban schools and rural schools experience many difficulties with staffing, often heavily relying on underprepared  teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - To date, the state has provided this supplemental appropriation six times, with the amount ranging from $68  million (in 1990 ‑91) to $1.4  billion (in 2001 ‑02). It has notwithstood the otherwise required appropriation once (in 1993 ‑94).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - Approximately 30  p ercent of teachers participate in plans for which the district pays between 80  p ercent and 99  p ercent of the premium. The remaining 20  p ercent of teachers participate in plans where the district pays a smaller share.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136

The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 18, 2020 - The June 2020 b udget plan assumed the guarantee would drop $3. 4  b illion (4. 2  p ercent) in 2019 ‑20 and $10. 2  b illion (12. 5  p ercent) in 2020 ‑ 21 r elative to the 2019 ‑ 20 l evel estimated in June 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4298