The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - For the period spanning from January  1,  2025 through June 30, 2026, providers can earn the quality incentive portion of rate models by enrolling in DDS ’s new Provider Directory. The Provider Directory is an online portal that will store and display information about service providers statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Integrated programs are also aligned with how other states prepare new teachers. From the initial $10  million provided in 2016 ‑17, CTC awarded grants to 41 institutions. Many grantees began enrolling undergraduate students in their integrated programs in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Rather than generating funding solely based on attendance, independent study programs also generate funding based on the work completed by students. Independent study programs range from fully online virtual academies to hybrid programs that combine on ‑site and off ‑site instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Grantees must meet certain requirements, such as provide a local match from the district and business partners from direct and/or in ‑kind supports, offer an internship or work experience for students, and establish a common planning period for academy teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Credit from these college ‑level classes may count toward both a high school diploma and a college degree. By graduating high school having already earned college credits, students can save money and accelerate progress toward a postsecondary degree or certificate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - For example, a family of three must earn less than $93,418 annually in 2025 ‑26 to be eligible for programs. b Family earned at least 50 percent of their total gross income from employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application for services. c
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2019-20 Budget: Special Education Teaching Performance Assessment

Apr 30, 2019 - Some components of the special education TPA likely would include managing cases, preparing individualized education programs (IEPs), working with specialists, and preparing to work with different student needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4022

Update on School District Retiree Health Benefits

Sep 25, 2017 - More specifically, it is the amount of money that, if set aside and invested today, would be sufficient to cover the future cost of retiree health benefits already earned by current and former employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3704

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Based on a 2021 ‑22 survey from the National Center for Education Statistics, 84  percent of public school teachers returned to work in the same school the next year, while 92  percent of public school teachers nationwide remained in the profession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

CalSTRS Funding Update

Jul 19, 2018 - By the latter years of the Great Recessi on, this unfunded liability had grown significantly and CalSTRS was estimating that it would run out of money by the mid-2040s —a short time horizon for a pension system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3873