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 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 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 5,054 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities Provides additional access to child care services for children under the age of 21 years and with exceptional needs. c  Program is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program

Apr 30, 2019 - Cal Grant  C Program Requires Complicated Financial Aid Application Process. The supplemental form that Cal Grant  C applicants must submit in addition to a FAFSA likely decreases program participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4020

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

Nov 19, 2025 - As set forth in the State Constitution, an attendance decline does not reduce the guarantee unless attendance has declined in the two previous years. c As set forth in the State Constitution, reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent. d Includes adjustments to the previous year ’s maintenance factor for growth in per capita personal income and K ‑12 attendance as required by the State Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Better identifying these students could help districts target early intervention services to help them gain English proficiency more quickly and improve their academi c outcomes. Additionally, giving districts 60 days to assess students, as opposed to 30 days, would allow TK students more time to adjust to the school setting prior to being screened.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan Total $7,768 a Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of existing 12:1 staffing ratios. b Applies to the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Charter
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - The workgroup is to include a range of c hild care stakeholders and must provide recommendations by August 15, 2022. The workgroup ’s recommendations are to include a definition of child care workforce competencies and suggestions for how to align these competencies to a new rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485

EdBudget Tables (July 2016)

Jul 14, 2016 - At CCC, tuition waivers are offset by Proposition 98 funding. c Agency totals do not add because Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship tuition payments appear in UC and CSU tuition as well as CSAC General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3491

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - As an alternative to the claims ‑based process, the state in 2012 ‑ 13 c reated a K ‑ 12 m andates block grant. The block grant provides upfront per ‑student funding in lieu of submitting claims. Currently, all active K ‑ 12 m andates are included in the block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392