Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - In a similar vein, Latino youth make up 55  p ercent of all students, but 81  p ercent of English learners and 71  p ercent of low ‑income students. Several Achievement Gap Measures Examined. For each student group, the work group looked at standardized test scores —the most common tool used to identify and measure achievement gaps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2018-19 Budget 2018 ‑19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - In late 2020, the families of several students living in Oakland and Los Angeles filed a lawsuit alleging the state had failed to ensure that schools provided adequate instruction during the pandemic ( Cayla  J.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The proposed program would repay up to $20,000 in educational debt for staff working in priority schools. Grantees would receive up to $5,000 for each year they worked in a priority school, for up to four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - We recommend providing up to a total of $75  million for the grant program, or $25  million per year. (This amount is linked to certain SSS reimbursement rate changes that we recommend in the next section —changes that free up about $25  million in state funds per year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - Of this amount, $400 million is a proposed settle-up payment related to meeting the 2009-10 minimum guarantee. The Governor counts this amount as a Proposition 2 debt payment. After making this payment, the state would have a remaining settle-up obligation of $626 million ($532 million associated with 2009-10 and $94 million for more recent years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

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

Feb 4, 2026 - If the second revision exceeds the first, the state makes another settle ‑up payment. Figure  6 summarizes the usual schedule for these revisions and settle ‑up payments. From an accounting perspective, settle ‑up payments are always scored to the year in which the guarantee increased, rather than to the year the state disburses the payment to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - For these reasons, we recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposals to fund additional literacy coaches and multilingual books, thereby freeing up $700  million in one ‑time Proposition  98 funding to support other legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - For example, research finds that providing ongoing salary increases targeted to shortage subjects in hard –to –staff schools have helped districts retain higher qualified teachers (such as those with higher SAT scores or those who are National Board Certified Teachers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951