The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Title III funding must be used to provide services and supports to English learners that assist them in gaining English proficiency. State Recently Eliminated Requirement to Assess English Proficiency for TK Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

Proposition 98 Spending Proposals [EdBudget]

Nov 7, 2025 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, IEP = individualized education program, ELA/ELD = English language arts/English language development, and EMT = emergency medical technician.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1005

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Trailer legislation requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to approve a list of professional development programs for English language arts (ELA) and English language development (E LD) training by September 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Nov 7, 2025 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, IEP = individualized education program, and ELA/ELD = English language arts/English language development. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1007

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

Mar 18, 2026 - In the late 1990s, a dispute arose around Proposition  227, a ballot measure requiring schools to teach English learners in English only. The SPI advised districts they had the right to request waivers from the SBE, but the SBE concluded the measure ’s requirements were non ‑waivable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

^[PDF] The 2006-07 Budget: Perspectives and Issues

The SEMS provides a solid structure for approach‑ ing emergency response. Since local governments are closest to the scene of an emergency, it makes sense that they provide the first level of response.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2006/2006_pandi/pandi_06.pdf

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - We also use the following primary language groupings: English; Spanish; Chinese, Mandarin, or Cantonese; Vietnamese; Filipino or Tagalog; Korean; and other languages. According to the California Health and Human Services Agency, these non ‑English languages are the top five languages spoken by Californians with limited English proficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The improvement in student outcomes was reported across student subgroups, however, the improvements were shown to be most significant for Black students, English learners, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

^[PDF] The 1983-84 Budget: Perspectives and Issues

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https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1983/pandi_83_intro.pdf

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - Miller, Keaton and Boyoung Seo (2019). “Tax Revenues When Substances Substitute: Marijuana, Alcohol, and Tobacco. ” Mimeo, University of Oregon. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125