The 2023-24 Budget: Equity Multiplier and Accountability Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For example, the Legislature could explore moving detailed LCAP expenditure data to an interactive online portal that would allow users to determine the level of detail they want to review. The Legislature could also require added features to the California School Dashboard that allow users to see outcome data by school or subgroup —data that is commonly listed
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4700

Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature may want to explore statutory changes that would require districts to make up instructional days lost due to wildfire smoke, extreme heat, or flood events, either through distance learning or other means.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - As with the one ‑time grants, LEAs would be allowed to keep the lesser of $500,000 or 10  percent of the total allocation for their eligible community schools to support coordination activities across school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - This legislation added two circumstances under which an authorizer can deny a charter petition for the establishment of a new charter school (providing authorizers with a total of eight circumstances for denying a petition).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Capacity and Demand for Serving Freshly Prepared On ‑Site Meals Unclear. The state has little information on the existing capacity or interest level of LEAs to serve freshly prepared on ‑site meals. Roughly half of LEAs that received the second round of KIT funds opted into receiving funds specifically for implementing freshly prepared on ‑site
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The Legislature could explore policies that help maintain attention on attendance rates. For example, the state could publish real ‑time attendance data for every LEA and school, similar to the approach recently implemented in Rhode Island.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - The proposed augmentation brings total ongoing CCGI funding to $16.6  million, with 294 districts that still need to be added to the platform. CCGI initially estimated the cost of fully scaling operations between $18  million and $20  million, but given the large number of districts that have yet to be added to the platform, we remain uncertain about the long ‑term costs for fully scaling CCGI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - To receive this adjustment, districts must maintain average TK through third grade class sizes of 24 students or fewer for each of their school sites —unless the district has a collective bargaining agreement for a larger class size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110