The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - As a result, existing partnerships are better positioned to apply for the matching funds. Number of Projects Likely to Receive Matching Funds Is Uncertain. Because the proposal requires CDE to match eligible projects dollar for dollar, a handful of large counties with high ‑cost projects could receive the matching grants and entirely exhaust all available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Grantees that receive funding from both programs must set aside local matching funds for each program, as funding from one program cannot be counted as a local match for the other. (Both programs allow grantees to use other CTE categorical funding as a local match.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - However, based on our analysis, the $5,000 teachers receive under the current grants —$2,500 from the state and $2,500 from the district match —are sufficient to cover the costs of obtaining an authorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - The state, however, cannot predict the timing of such a decline. The potential forecasting errors are larger in 2026 ‑27 than in 2025 ‑26 because the 2026 ‑27 estimates must make assumptions further into the future, and the state does not yet have any tax collection data for the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Feb 14, 2023 - (The remaining 22  percent were not sure.) The majority of districts (67  percent) report they are offering full ‑day TK (exceeds four hours) and 61  percent report that TK is offered at all elementary school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Overall, our analysis finds that shifting to enrollment ‑based funding would be somewhat more predictable and reduce some administrative burdens for LEAs, but likely would have a negative effect on student attendance over the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

May 15, 2019 - As in January, school districts facing challenges raising their local match could qualify for additional state funding, up to 100 percent of project costs. Proposed Changes Move in Reasonable Direction, but Grants Could Be Further Targeted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - For paid and reduced ‑priced meals, the state provides funds to match the combined state and federal rate for free meals. As   Figure  1 shows, free, reduced, and paid meals generate the same total reimbursement for LEAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

Analyzing Recent Changes to State Support for Fiscally Distressed Districts

Dec 20, 2018 - Providing Grants Undermines Predictability of Oversight Process. The state ’s traditional oversight process requires districts to follow a predictable series of steps before seeking state support. By contrast, the state ’s recent actions create precedent for aiding districts at unscheduled times and for unspecified reasons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3914

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - The other nine entities would receive $100, 000 e ach for work ‑group planning activities. In addition, each of the four public education segments would receive $50, 000 t o develop a means of matching student data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026