The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - These funds will support general operations and the Unified Champion Schools Program, the Healthy Athletes Program, and the Community Sports Program. The funding is intended to provide the Special Olympics with $10  million in funding annually from 2025-26 through 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Overview of Proposition 28 Arts Funding for Schools [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2026 - Assembly Committee on Education and Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5109

An Overview of Internet in Schools

Jan 7, 2015 - This article answers many questions the Legislature has raised in recent years about how schools access the Internet. It describes five key aspects of schools ’ Internet connections — (1) physical infrastructure , (2) connection speeds , (3) Internet service providers , (4) devices used to display Internet content , and (5) networking equipment .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3893

Update on State and School District Reserves

Apr 5, 2020 - Article IV of the State Constitution prohibits the Legislature from enacting a budget bill that would appropriate more in General Fund expenditures than are available in resources. (In this case, resources include both revenues as well as withdrawals from reserves.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4216

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Finally, the Legislature can follow the provisions of Section  2 of Article XIIIB of the Constitution. Specifically, if appropriations subject to the limit exceed the limit on net across two years, the state must allocate the excess equally between taxpayer refunds and additional education spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Similarly, th e 4 5 d istricts participating in the District of Choice program compare with th e 6 35 d istricts accepting students through interdistrict permits. Although we are uncertain what factors account for this difference, we did ask district administrators about potential explanations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - Budget trailer legislation requires DSS, beginning 2025, to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Senat e and Assembly budget committees with a proposed list of quality improvement activities that will be funded in the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 18, 2020 - First, we explain the formulas that determine the minimum guarantee and review the key actions and assumptions in the 2020 ‑ 21 e nacted budget. We then explain how our estimates of the Proposition  98 guarantee in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21 differ from the June 2020 e stimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4298

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - In addition to experiencing reductions in enrollment, schools also e xperienced steep declines in attendance rates during the COVID ‑19 pandemic. Although statewide attendance rates have been improving, they still have not returned to pre ‑pandemic levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - To compare funding rates for the two programs, w e converted the ASES daily rates into an annual rate consistent with ELOP requirements. Using 2023 ‑24 attendance and rates, the ASES daily rate would be equivalent to $2,900 per participating ELOP student per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977