Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - California State Lottery Revenues. State law requires a portion of revenues from the State Lottery to be allocated annually among schools, community colleges, and other public and higher education systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: CalSTRS Funding Plan Relies on Abstract Calculation

Feb 2, 2016 - (The calculation also excludes the effects of pension change legislation passed in 2012 known as “PEPRA. ”) If the state had made these different decisions in the past, the calculation shows that CalSTRS ’ unfunded liability would be smaller today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3333

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 29, 2020 - For the purpose of spending restricted lottery revenues, permanently expands the definition of instructional materials to also include laptop computers and devices that provide internet access. Schools and community colleges receive about $450  million in lottery revenues annually that must be spent on instructional materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4291

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - We recommend requiring regional DHH programs to annually specify their enrollment capacity and enroll interested DHH students up to that capacity, selecting students by lottery if enrollment demand exceeds capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - This is because, had the post ‑1990 benefit enhancements and contribution decreases not occurred, CalSTRS would still have had the bulk of the liabilities that it has today. This is important for determining the state ’s share of the unfunded liability because when CalSTRS changes assumptions that increase the estimates of liabilities —like the investment return, mortality, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

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

Feb 15, 2022 - Schools also received and are required to use a portion of funding from state lottery revenues for books and instructional materials under Proposition  20 (2000), typically several hundred million dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program

Jan 27, 2016 - With respect to the District of Choice program, the law requires an auditor to verify that the district (1)  implemented an unbiased process for admitting students and used a lottery if oversubscribed, and (2)  met the requirement for any communication to be factually accurate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3331

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state, however, was far less involved in the public school system than it is today. For example, elementary education did not become compulsory until 1874, and the state did not begin funding high schools until 1904.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Of this amount, $4.7  billion (58  percent) is state General Fund, $3.3  billion (41  percent) comes from student tuition and fee revenue, and $64  million (0.8  percent) is other state funding (primarily lottery revenue).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Theoretical Investment Gains Have Shifted Unfunded Liabilities to Districts

Feb 2, 2016 - As described in our second post , the state’s share of CalSTRS’ unfunded liabilities is based on an estimate of what CalSTRS’ funding shortfall would be today if the state made different decisions about teacher pensions in the past.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3334