The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - This index is designed to reflect the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country. The largest c omponent of the index is employee wages and salaries. Other components include fuel, utilities, office supplies, and equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - In addition, the Legislature could direct CDE to profile districts making particularly good progress, including information about their improvement strategies. Knowing which districts are performing well and what they are doing to attain better outcomes could help other districts improve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - In 2013, a Bay Area news organization surveyed school districts and found that only 31  percent conducted annual trainings in how to identify and report child abuse. The news organization conducted the survey after finding several instances of school staff failing to report abuse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - The payments would be scored outside of the state ’s Proposition  98 requirements, meaning they would add to the state ’s projected deficits in those years. These  payments would bring the state ’s cash and budget documents back into alignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2019-20 Budget: Special Education Teaching Performance Assessment

Apr 30, 2019 - The workgroup concluded that existing assessments varied considerably across preparation programs and often failed to provide a good measure of teachers ’ preparation. In response to these findings, the Legislature tasked CTC with developing a new assessment for all general education teachers known as the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4022

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In 2024, California ’s disadvantaged students scored lower than similar peers in other states in both math and reading, while non ‑disadvantaged students scored better on average than similar peers in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 28, 2017 - Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2017-18 Budget Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3657

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - We do not have good data on student outcomes beyond the first year out of high school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2018-19 Budget: Commission on Teacher Credentialing—Administrator Performance Assessment

Apr 12, 2018 - Additionally, we recommend CTC discuss the feasibility of using existing data from field tests to set passing scores and provide a more cost-effective option for further validating the exam, if further validation of the exam can be justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3809

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Research Suggests Literacy Coaches Could Improve Student Reading … Various studies suggest that literacy coaches can improve student reading test scores if experienced coaches are placed in the lowest performing schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539