The 2017-18 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

Mar 30, 2017 - The figure below shows the annual percent change in statewide attendance since 2004-05. Over the period, statewide attendance has hovered around zero, with increases in five of the years shown and declines in the other eight years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3638

A Historical Review of Proposition 98

Jan 18, 2017 - CTA challenged the state ’s Proposition  98 appropriation levels for 2004 –05 and 2005 –06 . CTA argued the state intended to suspend the 2004 –05 minimum guarantee by $2  billion, and the appropriation level for that year (and the next year) ended up being lower than intended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3526

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding

Mar 6, 2020 - State Made Another Change to ERAF in 2004 ‑05. In 2004 ‑05, the state began directing county auditors to use funding in ERAF to reimburse cities and counties for a reduction in their Vehicle License Fee (VLF) revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4193

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - Alternatively, in 2004-05 and 2010-11, the state applied a prov ision of Proposition 98 allowing for the suspension of the minimum guarantee upon a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature. When the state suspends the minimum guarantee, it can provide a lower level of funding but it creates an out-year obligation to restore K-14 funding in later years (as described below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - School district attendance grew at an average annual rate of 2. 4  p ercent from the late 1980s to early 2000s, remained essentially flat from 2004 ‑ 05 t hrough 2013 ‑14, and began declining in 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897