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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

An Overview of Internet in Schools

Jan 7, 2015 - For example, a large school site using DSL might have a copper telephone line owned by AT &T running from outside the school site to a central distribution point on the school premises. From the central distribution point, AT &T ’s copper telephone wires would run to each building and, within each building, copper wiring would run to each classroom.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3893

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - This decline reflects two main sets of assumptions: ( 1)  t he traditional college ‑age population (individuals between the ages of 18 t o 2 4) w ill continue declining due to demographic trends, despite assuming a slight increase in their college participation rate; and ( 2)  t he older ‑adult population (25 years of age and older) will continue
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897