Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, 132 grantees (school districts, charter schools, COEs, and ROCPs) received funding from both CTEIG and K ‑12 SWP. This represents 71  percent of the K ‑12 SWP grantees and 32  percent of CTEIG grantees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

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

Feb 4, 2026 - It paid the remaining amount over the 2015 ‑16 through 2018 ‑19 period. Most recently, the June 2025 budget recognized an increase in the 2024 ‑25 guarantee but set school funding $1.9  billion below the revised estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 2 shows the total number of subsidized child care slots, as well as total funding, since 2018‑19. Statutory intent language associated with the multiyear agreement would require an additional 44,000 slots in 2026‑27 and 33,000 in 2027‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 18, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package The 2018-19 Budget Overview of the Governor ’s Proposition 98 Budget Package The Governor presented his budget package to the Legislature on January 10, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - We examined the effect on the guarantee if General Fund revenue came in a few billion dollars above our outlook estimates in 2017 ‑ 18 o r 2018 ‑19 (or in both years). None of these scenarios resulted in a higher minimum guarantee in 2017 ‑ 18 o r 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - Currently, the state has 132 SELPAs —consisting of 81 r egional SELPAs (typically collaboratives of small and medium ‑sized districts), 45 single ‑district SELPAs, 5 SELPAs consisting exclusively of charter schools, and 1 unique SELPA serving students in Los Angeles County court schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - In the latter three years of the period, the administration estimates that the proposal would reduce required Proposition  98 spending by $450  million in 2018 ‑19, $290  million in 2019 ‑20, and $110  million in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - As of 2017 ‑18, California has 132   SELPAs —consisting of 81 r egional SELPAs, 45 single ‑district SELPAs, 5  c harter ‑only SELPAs, and 1  unique SELPA serving only students in Los Angeles County court schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - In 2018 ‑19, the state provided $164  million for the state portion of school meals. This amount has grown to $1.8  billion in 2023 ‑24 (a 987  percent increase). Program costs have also consistently been higher than initially budgeted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - (The ELPAC was developed and adopted in 2018, before the state began expanding TK eligibility to younger four-year olds.) Since the ELPAC was not designed with younger TK students in mind, the major concern was that students who were developing language normally for their age could be misidentified as English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990