The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The Master Plan process as envisioned by Chapter  47 is a multi ‑departmental, multi ‑agency effort, with CalHHS serving in a key coordinating and leadership role. Questions to ask the administration could include: How did CalHHS exercise its oversight authority to lead the Master Plan development process?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

May 15, 2019 - Master Plan Still Seems Duplicative of Recent Efforts. We continue to recommend rejecting the $10 million the Governor proposes to use to develop a master plan. If the Legislature wants to fund studies to inform future decisions, we recommend the Legislature designate $1 million each for two focused studies, described below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

History of Special Education Funding in California

Feb 27, 2018 - Most Special Education Funding Below, we discuss the history of how the state has allocated most special education funding. As Figure  1 depicts, these allocations have gone through three distinct eras.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3764

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure  13 shows how many funded enrollment slots were moved away from those campuses. It  also shows the nine campuses that gained funded slots under the plan. CSU intends to continue implementing this plan in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - In addition, the budget provides $5  million one time to assist with the development of an early learning and care master plan. In developing the master plan, the Health and Human Services Agency is to contract with at least one research entity to produce at least one report by October 1, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - As part of this effort, UC will convene a group of industry leaders to identify which online certificate and master ’s degree programs could benefit California ’s workforce. Convene industry group during summer 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Consider Setting Specific Rules Around How Enrollment Is Funded. If the Legislature were to adopt enrollment‑based funding, it may want to consider setting specific rules around how enrollment is counted for funding purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165