The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - It offers a similarly sized bonus to dual credential holders to return to special education if they are not currently teaching special education. Certain districts within California offer one –time signing bonuses to all new hires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Given the flexibility and local control over these federal funds, schools have a broad range of options to hire and retain qualified, prepared teachers, including teacher service awards, signing bonuses, or student debt payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - Several signs, however, suggest that the stock market has become overvalued. For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program a Excludes students attending independently managed charter schools. b Includes five districts with no students currently participating in the program. c This average is affected by a handful of relatively large districts with relatively few participating students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - The personal income tax accounts for most of the revenue growth, increasing nearly $ 8  b illion (9. 5  p ercent) in 2017 ‑18 and nearly $ 5  b illion (5. 4  p ercent) in 2018 ‑19. Revenue from the sales and use tax and the corporate tax also increases, albeit more slowly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - These freed ‑up funds, in combination with the $2. 4  b illion increase from the higher minimum guarantee, provide the state with an additional $2. 8  b illion to allocate for school and community college programs in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - Although African American students comprise 5. 4  p ercent of all public school students in California, they make up a greater share of certain student subgroups. For example, 19  p ercent of foster youth and 8. 3  p ercent of homeless youth are African American.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - After remaining at 10. 8  p ercent throughout the early 2000s, the share of students receiving special education has increased steadily every year since 2010 ‑11. In 2017 ‑18, 12. 5  p ercent of California public school students received special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - Over this period, annual growth in per ‑pupil funding averaged 5. 9  p ercent —substantially higher than the long ‑run average of 3. 8  p ercent (dating back to 1988 ‑89). In 2018 ‑19, funding per student was at an all ‑time high of $11,690 —$2,125 ( 22  p ercent) higher than 30 years earlier (after adjusting for inflation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136