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

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - (According to the department, LOIS pays tribute to Lois Curtis, one of the plaintiffs in the Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court case that established the right for people with disabilities to live in the least restrictive environment appropriate to meet their needs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Increases Funding by $746   Million to Meet One ‑to ‑Ten Staffing Ratios in TK Classrooms. In  addition to covering the cost of additional students, the Governor proposes to increase funding for the requirement in 2025 ‑26 that districts implement a ratio of at least one adult for every ten students in TK classrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - We estimate that this change would reduce LCFF funding by the low tens of millions of dollars annually. The state could also experience a decline in Title III funding due to lower English learner counts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Furthermor e, student attendance generated through participation in attendance recovery programs cannot exceed the number of days a student is absent throughout an academic year, up to a maximum of ten days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - This increase is to cover the cost of having at least one adult for every ten students beginning in 2025 ‑26. The budget provides $746   million to cover the higher add ‑on. $435 Million for the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - State law also specifies that ratios would be reduced to one adult for every ten students starting in 2023 ‑24, contingent on additional funding being  provided. Additional Requirements for TK Teachers Scheduled to Take Effect Next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Special Education “Disconnect”

Mar 1, 2017 - Roughly ten SELPAs had sufficient local property tax revenue to cover their full statutory levels and were not initially prorated downward. Appropriations Since 2013 ‑14 Have Been Insufficient to Fund Education Code Formula.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3598

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - After ten years without a new state school bond, voters approved Proposition   51 i n November 2016. The measure authorizes the state to sell $ 7  b illion in general obligation bonds for school facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - Specifically, we recommend that test scores and graduation rates be reported for any group of ten or more students who share a disability. By restricting these reporting requirements to groups of ten or more students, this recommendation would balance the demand for better information with the need to protect student privacy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498