The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Legislature Codified the Master Plan for Developmental Services as a Cross ‑Agency Effort Focused on Equity. Budget ‑related legislation codified the Legislature ’s findings and declarations establishing the foundation for the Master Plan (Chapter  47 of 2024 [A B  162 , Committee on Budget]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - The California Master Plan for Education 2004 California Performance Review A commission appointed by the Governor to gather feedback from state employees and recommend ideas for improving the delivery of government services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - In addition, the budget provides $5  million one time to assist with the development of an early learning and care master plan. In developing the master plan, the Health and Human Services Agency is to contract with at least one research entity to produce at least one report by October 1, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - (Among its 2024 ‑25 cohort, the Center reports only 1.5  percent of Fellows held a master ’s degree.) In  fall 2024, the Center received 1,061  applications from 590 unique applicants for the 2025 ‑26  fellowship year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

May 15, 2019 - Master Plan Still Seems Duplicative of Recent Efforts. We continue to recommend rejecting the $10 million the Governor proposes to use to develop a master plan. If the Legislature wants to fund studies to inform future decisions, we recommend the Legislature designate $1 million each for two focused studies, described below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

History of Special Education Funding in California

Feb 27, 2018 - California ’s Master Plan for Special Education addressed this concern by requiring all districts to join SELPAs, each of which was responsible for coordinating special education among its member districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3764

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - As part of this effort, UC will convene a group of industry leaders to identify which online certificate and master ’s degree programs could benefit California ’s workforce. Convene industry group during summer 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - An analogy could be credit card debt. Each month, an individual with credit card debt incurs an interest charge. The cardholder ’s monthly payment typically must exceed the interest charge in order for the principal —or in the case of CalSTRS, the unfunded liability —to decrease.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

K-12 Education in Context

Jan 26, 2018 - The stat e also contracts with the San Joaquin COE to maintain two websites (the California School Dashboard and the School Accountability Report Card) that make school district performance data publicly available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3736