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

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

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: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - In these cases, the state usually reduces school spending to match the lower guarantee. In 2019 ‑20, however, the state adopted a new law prohibiting spending reductions after the fiscal year ends. This law allows the state to reduce spending during its first recalculation of the guarantee, but prevents reductions during the second recalculation at the end of the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - This process allows the state to request a 90   percent match in federal funding (rather than California ’s standard 50   percent match) to develop IT systems that enable the state to more efficiently administer Medicaid benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2019-20 May Revision: Overview of the May Revision Proposition 98 Package

May 13, 2019 - As the Legislature begins developing its final budget package, we recommend shifting even more funding toward one-time activities. Such an approach would increase the state ’s ability to address school funding volatility without reducing ongoing programs in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4044

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

May 6, 2019 - In effect, the Legislature would be appropriating funds for a project without knowing what it would get in return and without any assurance that the final product would be consistent with its priorities. . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a condition of receiving CCDF, the state must comply with a number of requirements, such as providing some matching funding as well as spending at least 12 percent of CCDF funds on quality improvement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

May 15, 2019 - As a rough rule of thumb, we think a $2 nonstate match for every $1 of General Fund would be reasonable. That is, UC would match the Governor ’s proposed $25 million one-time General Fund with $50 million one-time nonstate funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

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

Mar 18, 2026 - This structure does not guarantee a district is well managed or eliminate conflict, but it clearly defines the local board as the final authority and allows voters to hold the school board accountable for the district ’s performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165