Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - If the state were to begin using school enrollment for these allocations, the total statewide student count for schools would increase and schools would receive a larger share of funding than other segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Many schools also have reported establishing shared leadership structures so that decisions can be made with input from admi nistrators, staff, students, parents, and community partners. These changes helped inform the community schools implementation plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The math coaching proposal does not require that all grant funds be used to support the specific schools with high EL/LI shares that meet the criteria for funding. LEAs would be allowed to direct the funding to other schools with lower EL/LI shares.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The Center shared that this request originally was tied to a new federal requirement, which has since been vacated. (Specifically, a federal regulation would have increased the salary threshold to be classified as salaried employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - For K ‑12 SWP, funding is allocated from the California Community Colleges Chancellor ’s Office to eight SWP regional consortia based on each region ’s unemployment rate, share of statewide attendance in grades 7 ‑12, and share of projected job openings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - As a result of the complex calculations used to determine the state ’s share and employers ’ share of total UAO (which we explain in our previous report here ), volatility in investment returns has an outsized impact on the state’s share.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Governance becomes even more blurred in areas where the SPI shares authority with one of the smaller agencies. As Policy Analysis for California Education explained in 2025, “this fragmented, disjointed structure reflects the complexity of California ’s TK ‑12 system, where multiple entities operate independently, often with overlapping responsibilities. ” Muddled Direction to Schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The state, in turn, allocates subgrants to districts based on their share of English learner enrollment statewide. Title III funding must be used to provide services and supports to English learners that assist them in gaining English proficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - This  results in a district with an EL/LI share of 75  percent receiving 22  percent more funding per student than a district with an EL/LI share of 25  percent. Statute Requires a Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA) for LCFF .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - As Figure   11 s hows, the share of students with disabilities transferring through the interdistrict permit system is similar to the share for the District of Choice program. Equal Participation by Gender.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329