The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The administration indicates schools may use these funds for either ( 1)  s pecial education services for students with disabilities or ( 2)  e arly intervention programs for students who are not yet receiving special education services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Both departments indicate that their proposed levels of resources are intended to prevent the accumulation of deferred maintenance, and these types of proposals represent positive steps towards improving ongoing maintenance practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The office indicates that the primary goal of this initiative is to “strengthen and coordinate the administration ’s efforts to help communities identify pathways to social connectedness and engagement. ” According to the administration, the funding will be used primarily for developing and implementing a branding public awareness campaign for existing state programs, including programs operated by California Volunteers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The administration indicates that it selected electrical and barbering/manicurist programs based on employment trend data. Current CTE programs at the prison are plumbing, painting, and machine shop and can serve a total of 81 students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points. The gap shrunk temporarily during the pandemic as success rates for in ‑person courses declined as a result of disruptions to in ‑person  programming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay The 2019‑20 Budget: California Spending Plan Capital Outlay Overall, the Legislature approved $3.5  billion for about 200 capital outlay projects in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The agreements with seven bargaining units (Units 2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 19) are scheduled to expire at the end of 2019-20. Pursuant to the state ’s labor agreements, the 2019-20 budget assumes that most state employees receive a pay increase in 2019-20 of about 3.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This is a net decrease of $2.2  billion, or 57  percent, compared to the estimated spending level for 2019 ‑20. This decrease is primarily a result of the expiration of funding provided to the department on a one-time basis in 2019 ‑20 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Projections of public high school graduates fluctuate between small increases and decreases over the next several years, with a less than 1  percent increase in graduates between 2015 –16 and 2019 –20 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349