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

Mar 10, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding The 2023-24 Budget State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding In recent years, schools have received significant one-time state and federal funding to address a variety of issues, including the effects of learning loss and higher costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Current Governance Structure Lacks a Clear Path for Resolving Disagreements Between SBE and SPI. The SBE and the SPI have disagreed many times about the extent of their authority or the meaning of state laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Background

Feb 2, 2016 - While fully funding CalSTRS will mean that taxpayers and teachers will contribute billions more in the next few decades, the plan will lower longer-term costs and put CalSTRS on a sustainable path. While we critique various aspects of the plan ’s implementation in this series, we continue to regard the funding plan as a major state accomplishment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3332

Volatility of the Personal Income Tax Base

Feb 8, 2017 - Two significant pieces of the PIT base —capital gains and retirement distributions —are not defined as being part of personal income. A capital gain is the difference between the selling price of an asset (stock, bond, building, etc.) and the asset ’s original purchase price.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3548

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - In addition, the Governor proposes to reduce the match requirement for districts to one-third of grant funding ($2,000 per grantee, compared with $2,500 per grantee under current law). No additional funding is proposed for the program .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - In addition, the $485  million freed up from the set ‑aside for extension grants will result in additional funding that could be used for a one ‑time purpose. However, as current community schools grantees exhaust their available one ‑time funds, ongoing costs would begin to increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - A critical missing piece, therefore, is a roadmap for how to translate the community ’s recommendations into a workable set of policy and budget proposals for legislative consideration. The administration has stated that it will consider the Master Plan ’s recommendations in future policy and fiscal planning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Provide One ‑Time Grants for Training and Sharing Best Practices. The state could use one ‑time Proposition  98 funding to contract with one or more LEAs experienced in implementing effective attendance improvement initiatives to provide training across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - While fully funding CalSTRS will mean that taxpayers and teachers will contribute billions more in the next few decades, the plan will lower longer ‑term costs and put CalSTRS on a sustainable path. As such, the funding legislation was a major state accomplishment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662