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

Sep 26, 2024 - Specifies that the new reimbursement rates shall not be reduced from the rates previously in effect, including the one-time cost of care plus rates that were part of the most recent collectively bargained and parity agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - In addition, the state may have to develop a concurrent strategy to address potential provider shortages which might otherwise preclude serving all eligible children. Depending on how such a strategy was structured, it too may increase state costs by tens of millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2023-24 Budget: Equity Multiplier and Accountability Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For  example, assistance could focus on supporting LEAs to develop a strategy for closing achievement gaps and implementing strategies addressing the specific needs of low ‑performing subgroups. This support should take into consideration the strategies the LEAs already have implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4700

The 2014-15 Budget: Maintaining Education Facilities in California [Publication Details]

Apr 11, 2014 - Looking beyond 2014-15, we believe the state should have a long-term strategy for properly maintaining education facilities. While a one-size-fits-all response very likely is not appropriate for such a diverse array of education segments, segment-specific plans likely could be very helpful.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3000

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - Assessment State Lacks Coordinated Strategy for Children ’s Mental Health. Given growing concerns over student mental health, providing additional state funding to increase school ‑based mental health services appears warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - Importantly, COEs are not tasked with assessing if districts have ascertained their most pressing performance issues, identified promising strategies for improving their performance, and made budget decisions that are well aligned with their improvement plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Given the relatively low scores of student performance on math proficiency and the available evidence suggesting coaches might be able to help improve performance, providing funds to support coaches is a reasonable strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Eliminating this allowance would create parity with other bus replacement programs and avoid creating incentives for districts to forego those programs. Given that the proposed grants would cover the entire cost of the bus and chargi ng station, we think the state could expect districts to pay for other costs out of their local budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - Remaining funding allocated based on 2020 ‑21 Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) apportionments. 4.6 b Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant Funds may be used for instructional materials and professional development related to school climate (such as training on de ‑escalation strategies) and various academic subject areas, including visual and performing arts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The budget specifies additional activities for CDE to complete in partnership with CaliforniaVolunteers, including providing recommendations to the Legislature for evidence-based strategies to expand service learning opportunities, posting evidence-based strategies online, and developing criteria to measure student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641