Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Nonclassroom ‑based charter school programs can range from hybrid programs with a combination of on ‑site and off ‑site instruction to fully online virtual academies. (The level of in ‑person and remote instruction that hybrid programs offer vary.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The state has funded a variety of projects with this funding, including additional partnership academies, online curriculum and resources for CTE courses (CTE Online) administered by Butte COE, a virtual platform for career explorati on and counseling (California Career Center) administered by the San  Joaquin COE, and various grants for CTE ‑related professional development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - School Food Best Practices Fund ($100   Million). The 2022 ‑23 budget package provided $100  million for LEAs to implement various initiatives referred to as school food best practices. Specifically, LEAs could use funds to (1)  purchase California ‑grown or produced foods that are sustainably grown, whole, or minimally processed; (2)  purchase plant ‑based or restricted diet meals; and/or (3)  freshly prepare meals on ‑site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Presumes Best Practices Can Be Scaled. Many categorical programs were created to encourage statewide adoption of best practices found to be effective. However, implementing best practices does not necessarily result in the same type of strong improvements when scaled at a state level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Alternatively, the Legislature could require that daily attendance be collected and used to determine funding levels, as it likely best reflects the day ‑to ‑day demand for expanded learning programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - Trailer legislation makes this funding available through a competitive grant process and requires interested applicants to follow best practices developed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

An Overview of Internet in Schools

Jan 7, 2015 - The state ’s main reasons for desiring schools to have Internet service relate to improving instructional delivery, transmitting accountability-related data to the state, and, more recently, administering online tests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3893

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - Schools eligible to benefit from a BIIG grant either had to have been unable to administer the trial test on ‑site due to low Internet capacity or had to shut down other core online activities (such as e ‑mail) in order to administer the test.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The budget provides an ongoing augmentation of $9.3  million (bringing total Proposition  98 funding to $16.8  million) and $4.4  million one time to support full-scale implementation of the college planning online platform, CaliforniaColleges.edu.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641