Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As part of differentiated assistance, LEAs must examine their root issues and access support to help them improve. To comply with federal accountability rules, the state uses a similar process to identify schools in need of support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 24, 2020 - In some cases, we provide alternative options that would align more closely with existing efforts to address the root problems. These alternatives could be structured to cost less than the amounts proposed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4174

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - On January 8, 2026, California and the other states sued to prevent the freeze. A federal court initially granted a temporary restraining order that was followed by a preliminary injunction, ordering that funds continue to be available pending resolution of  the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - While we believe both of the Governor’s achievement gap proposals have laudable intent, we cannot determine from the information currently available whether they would require districts to undergo the types of ongoing changes needed to address their root issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Under the state ’s accountability system, school districts that have poor performance for one or more student subgroups based on these indicators must examine their root issues and access support to help them improve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

A Historical Review of Proposition 98

Jan 18, 2017 - The state has not been sued over these actions. Program Debates Many Debates Regarding Which Programs to Fund Within Minimum Guarantee. Since 1988, debates involving what programs to fund within the minimum guarantee have emerged almost every year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3526

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - For instance, research generally finds that targeted, ongoing salary increases are the most effective type of financial incentive for attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers, especially in shortage su bjects and hard ‑to ‑staff schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

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

May 14, 2018 - (The California School Boards Association sued the state over its previous action not to rebench the guarantee. A trial court ruled against the state in late 2016, and the state is in the midst of appealing that decision.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

Re-Envisioning County Offices of Education: A Study of Their Mission and Funding

Feb 6, 2017 - Even setting aside the complexity of special education funding, COEs prior to LCFF could receive funding from many different programs, with funds allocated based upon many factors, some of which were rooted in COEs ’ behavior decades earlier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3547