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

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, the state will still need to work towards improving student achievement, addressing the fiscal and academic problems of struggling districts, clearly defining its educational goals, and improving its teacher and administrative workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The next four sections cover specific proposals relating to (1) early education, (2) K-14 education, (3) the universities, and (4) financial aid. The last section covers library-related proposals and a crosscutting proposal relating to education innovation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - The work group found interagency collaboration to be highly important in improving foster youth outcomes and sought to encourage such collaboration through its work. Members expressed interest in encouraging a stronger role for education on the child and family team to help ensure that educational issues are taken into consideration during placement decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - We recommend the legislation specify that each education segment contributing data be a member but state ‑level, non ‑segmental members form a majority on the JPA. We recommend specifying that the non ‑segmental members include representatives from the administration as well as bipartisan representation from the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - For example, CCGI provides students with information about the college and financial aid application process, and it provides an education planner that allows students and high school counselors in partner districts to track progress toward meeting CSU and UC course eligibility requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - State Also Provided Special Grants for Improving Internet Infrastructure. To address concerns with some schools potentially not having Internet bandwidth sufficient for administering the SBAC exams, the state provided $77  million over two years (2014 ‑15 and 2015 ‑16) for Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grants (BIIG).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Fiscal Oversight Proposals

Mar 19, 2020 - To better monitor how COEs are using their statutory authority to help districts improve their fiscal health, we recommend the Legislature adopt legislation to require COEs to publicly report when their districts do not comply with financial rules and describe how they responded to the lack of compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4204

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [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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The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - If the district ’s financial condition does not improve, the COE can take stronger action, such as rescinding the actions of the district ’s governing board. When a district gets to the point of being unable to pay its bills, the state provides an emergency loan so that the district can continue to operate and appoints an administrator to manage the district while it implements a recovery plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741

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

Nov 10, 2025 - These reports must describe how funds were used to employ coaches and improve school literacy programs, how expenditures impact student literacy, an d how the LEA plans to continue to support literacy coaches past the award period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087