The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The bill required the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) to establish a multiyear plan for phasing out the use of 14(c) certificates in California. By the end of the multiyear plan (once 14(c) certificates are phased out), any DDS consumers who are employed must be paid at least minimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The next four sections cover specific proposals relating to (1) early education, (2) K-14 education, (3) the universities, and (4) financial aid. The last section covers library-related proposals and a crosscutting proposal relating to education innovation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 18, 2020 - Under a law enacted in June, the state also would be required to make a $2. 3  b illion supplemental payment on top of the guarantee in 2021 ‑22. After accounting for various baseline adjustments —including prior ‑year revisions, a 1. 14  p ercent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA), and required deposits into the Proposition  98 Reserve —we estimate the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4298

The 2018-19 Budget: Charter School Facility Grant Program

Apr 23, 2018 - Figure  3 lists all of the Governor ’s CSFGP proposals and summarizes our corresponding recommendations. We discuss each of these recommendations in more detail below. Figure 3
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3812

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - The rest of the increase is due primarily to the escalating effect of changes the state made to Stages 2 and 3 eligibility a few years ago. Funds a Few Rate Increases. The budget provides $75  million to fund a 3.26  percent COLA for non-CalWORKs child care programs and the State Preschool program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - Specifically, General Fund revenues would have to exceed our estimate by roughly $14  billion in 2026 ‑27 before the formulas would cancel the withdrawal. (This  threshold holds all other inputs constant.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

A Historical Review of Proposition 98

Jan 18, 2017 - Chapter  14 of 1989 –90 First Extraordinary Session (SBX1  33, Mello) 1991 –92 State adopted language ceasing a new sales tax rate increase if a court ruled that the revenues counted toward the minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3526

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - This change includes a $175  million increase in non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund, which is partially offset by a $14  million decrease in Proposition  64 funds and a $10  million decrease in federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The state provided a total of $477  million for the program (across 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24) for all schools with K ‑3 enrollment and an EL/LI share of 95  percent or higher. Schools received a minimum grant of $450,000, with additional funding distributed proportionally based on K ‑3 enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012