The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - The  enrollment declines in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑ 22 —2 .6  percent and 2.4  percent, respectively —are the largest since 1978 ‑79 (2.8  percent). Similarly, the ADA decline in 2021 ‑22 would be the largest decline in the last few decades if final numbers are similar to the preliminary estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

Overview of Special Education Funding Models

Dec 17, 2021 - For example, California school districts are constitutionally restricted in their ability to raise local revenue due to Proposition  13 (1978), whereas districts in many other states are able to raise local taxes if they have extraordinarily high special education costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4486

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - Immediately prior to Proposition  13 (1978), 61 schools were providing services to a small number of infants and toddlers with special needs. (Throughout this paper, we use the term “schools ” to refer to both school districts and county offices of education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728