The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Questions to ask the administration could include: How does the administration plan to weigh recommendations from the Master Plan that might require new spending in comparison to DDS ’s existing spending commitments?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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How Did California Schools Spend Common Core Implementation Funding?

Jun 10, 2016 - California Adopts New State Standards and Provides Implementation Funding. California, along with 41 other states, adopted the Common Core State Standards for English and math in 2010. The 2013-14 state budget package included $1.25 billion in Proposition 98 funding for implementing the new standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3483

The 2019-20 May Revision: Overview of the May Revision Proposition 98 Package

May 13, 2019 - (By comparison, schools currently spend on average a little over $10,000 in local unrestricted funding per student with a disability.) As an alternative to the Governor ’s proposal, the Legislature could focus on equalizing existing special education funding rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4044

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Although categorical programs are typically created to support activities that the state determines to be a high priority, they have some key drawbacks in comparison to LCFF: Less Flexibility. Categorical programs typically come with new spending requirements that limit an LEA ’s flexibility in deciding how to best use its funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Under the Governor ’s proposal, by comparison, the guarantee could decrease as much as $5.6  billion, and the state could respond by making a smaller settle ‑up payment. In other words, the Governor ’s proposal likely provides a larger buffer than necessary if the state ’s goal is to avoid inadvertently exceeding the guarantee in  2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - As a point of comparison for the community colleges, $501  million exceeds our projected cost for COLA and all enrollment ‑related increases in the SCFF in  2026 ‑27. Differences in Split Calculation Related to Three Factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - As another point of comparison, this reflects an increase of 62,600 students (70  percent) from 2019 ‑20, the year prior to the pandemic. As Figure  2 shows, TK enrollment declined during 2020 ‑21 due to the pandemic, then started to increase more quickly in the expansion years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - These lower levels are then used in the comparison with Test 1 (which is unaffected). The purpose of spike protection is to protect the state budget from needing to sustain inc reases in the guarantee that are the result of temporary revenue spikes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - By comparison, most of the Governor ’s one ‑time Proposition   98 p roposals would require districts to implement new programs or expand existing services. Lastly, we discourage the Legislature from using one ‑time funding to provide special aid to fiscally distressed districts, as we believe a more effective strategy would be for the state and county offices of education to continue working with these districts to improve their budget practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136