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

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

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

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

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Other state initiatives could better support English learners, such as increasing the number of bilingual teachers or providing more profe ssional development for teachers to better support English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As Figure   18 shows, compared to enrollment ‑based funding and alternative 1, alternatives 2  and  3 provide more of the funding increases through grants targeted for English learners, low ‑income students, and foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - Districts received funding based primarily on their count of English learners and low ‑income students. Trailer legislation made this funding available for learning recovery initiatives through 2027 ‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

How Did California Schools Spend Common Core Implementation Funding?

Jun 10, 2016 - Of schools ’ staff development spending, 49 percent was for math training, 39 percent for English training, and the remainder split evenly among science training and English Language Development (ELD) training for teachers of English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3483

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - The state also recently created the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC). The ELPAC assesses the English proficiency of English  learners. Districts are to administer the annual end ‑of ‑year ELPAC exams beginning in the spring of 2018 and the diagnostic component of ELPAC beginning in July 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Nearly met standards on state tests in both English and math. Completed one semester of dual enrollment in college ‑level coursework (CTE or academic). Completed all courses required for admission to UC and CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562