The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - During times when school districts have constrained budgets and need to reduce programs, this may result in LEAs prioritizing community schools spending and making reductions in other areas (such as math tutoring), even if they believe t hese other activities would be more beneficial for  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In practical terms, this approach means being cautious about new commitments; building reserves and other buffers to protect existing school programs; and identifying proposals tha t the Legislature would be willing to delay, reduce, or reject.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - In addition, the Legislature could require LEAs to offer absent students access to additional instructional support outside of t he school day, similar to what they might currently receive through attendance recovery programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Additionally, trailer legislation requires the administration of the program and remaining unspent funds t o be transferred from CDE to CTC on July 1, 2027. Expands the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - When we examined individual districts with at leas t 5 0 t ransfer students, the share of female students ranged fro m 4 0  p ercent t o 6 0  p ercent. These results are similar to our previous findings based o n 2 014 ‑ 15 d ata.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Trailer legislation specifies that the needs assessmen t and block grant expenditures must be included in Local Control and Accountability Plans from 2025 ‑26 through 2027 ‑28. Moreover, planned block grant expenditures must be connected to the needs assessment and associated with at least one metric to monitor the effect of the expense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - This expenditure plan would help the Legislature determine whether the proposed activities funded by the reappropriation adequately suppor t the new direction of the project. Any additional funding for the remaining steps in the PAL process would be contingent upon, at a minimum, the Legislature ’s review of this plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - Home prices ticked up from 7 p ercent in 2016 t o 8 p ercent in 2017 and have grown at a 9 p ercent annual rate thus far in 2018. In addition, residential building permits increased from 101, 000 i n 2016 t o 113, 000 i n 2017 and are on pace to be above 2017 l evels thus far in 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - Key developments explaining the growth in non ‑Proposition   98 funding include ( 1)  t he state ’s increasing contributions to school pension and facility costs (both funded outside of Proposition   98), ( 2)  t he reduced vote threshold and additional authority school districts gained in the early 2000s to raise certain local revenues, and ( 3)  a higher level of federal involvement in education as compared with the 1980s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - In addition, federal law requires states to assess students in science at least once during: ( 1)  g rades 3 t hrough 5, ( 2)  g rades 6  t hrough 9, and ( 3)  g rades 10 t hrough 12. States also are required to assess the English proficiency of English learners each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741