Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Up to $50  million is for regional consortium development and planning grants (for grantees to collaboratively plan with their program partners). As of February 2025, CDE has awarded 367 implementation grants totaling $374  million, 149 planning grants totaling $30  million, and 20  consortium grants totaling $19  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Recommendation Recommend Increasing Salaries by 10   Percent Instead of 50   Percent. Given all of the factors mentioned above, we recommend the Legislature raise salaries for Fellows by 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Of these funds, $100  million is for kitchen infrastructure upgrades and $50  million is for training or compensation for food service staff. Infrastructure funds could be used for a variety of purposes such as cooking equipment; facility upgrades; and equipment related to meal service, refrigeration, storage, or transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Provides $50   Million Non ‑Proposition   98 General Fund for the Golden State Teacher Grant Program. The Governor ’s budget proposes additional one ‑time funding to support additional Golden State Teacher grantees in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - This process allows the state to request a 90   percent match in federal funding (rather than California ’s standard 50   percent match) to develop IT systems that enable the state to more efficiently administer Medicaid benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

History of Special Education Funding in California

Feb 27, 2018 - In theory, the J-50 system simplified special education funding by replacing 11 state-funded special education programs with 3 programs. In practice, it replaced one set of complications with another.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3764

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Recommendations Reduce Proposed Teacher Residency Grant Program Augmentation to $50   Million, Reject Expanding to Other Shortage Areas. We recommend the Legislature provide $ 50  m illion (half the amount proposed by the Governor) for new residency programs in 2021 ‑ 22 —roughly equivalent to the amount of funds awarded thus far.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - (EL par ent advisory committees are required if ELs comprise at least 15  percent of the district ’s enrollment and the district has at least 50 EL students.) Beginning in 2024 ‑25, COEs are required to establish student advisory committees if they had not had one established or do not have two positions for students on the parent advisory committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - For instance, the 2020 ‑21 budget included $50  million to establish block grants to improve early literacy. These block grants were targeted to the 75 schools with the lowest performance on third grade state reading assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

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

Mar 1, 2021 - The mandate requires certain schools to stock 50  p ercent of restrooms with feminine hygiene products (defined as tampons and sanitary napkins) at all times at no cost to students. The mandate applies to schools that enroll any students from grades 6 ‑12 and have a student body where more than 40  p ercent of students are low income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392