The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - School staff often do not have the skills or experience to implement key aspects of the community schools model, such as improving community eng agement and building partnerships with other local organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - Other Achievement Gaps Several Other Student Groups Also Have Relatively Low Test Scores. In spring 2018, average standardized test scores of low ‑income students were at the 39th percentile of all test takers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

K-12 Education in Context

Jan 26, 2018 - The state adopted aligned standards for Eng lish Learners in 2012. Forty two states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards. State Is Implementing New Science Standards.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3736

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - For  Test  2 and Test 3, the state applies the percentage change in ADA to the prior year ’s funding level, along with an inflation adjustment. The state has modified the ADA in this calculation several times, notably removing excused absences in 1997 ‑98 and excluding concurrently enrolled adults in 1993 ‑94.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding The 2023-24 Budget State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding In recent years, schools have received significant one-time state and federal funding to address a variety of issues, including the effects of learning loss and higher costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - Most notably, it suspended the annual time requirement and allowed districts to meet the daily time requirement through classroom instruction, distance learning, or a combination of classroom instruction and distance learning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - For the remaining funds, dedicating a portion for one ‑time spending would create a buffer to help protect ongoing programs in case the guarantee is lower than expected in the future. Funding Increase in 2024 ‑25 Deposited Into Proposition  98 Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2018-19 Budget: Commission on Teacher Credentialing—Administrator Performance Assessment

Apr 12, 2018 - Governor ’s Proposal Governor ’s Budget Provides $1.3  Million One Time (Special Funds) for More Field Testing of APA in 2018 ‑19. The Governor proposes to provide an APA field test to all administrator candidates enrolled in credential programs in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3809

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

Feb 4, 2026 - For any given year, the relationship between revenues and the guarantee depends on which Proposition  98 test is operative and whether another test could become operative with different inputs. In 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27, Test 1 is likely to remain operative even if revenues or other inputs vary significantly from the Governor ’s budget estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - We assume (1)  schools currently have one computer available for every 50 students tested, (2)  schools administer tests throughout the entire testing window, and (3)  purchased devices have a lifespan of three years and are used about one ‑third of the time for non ‑testing purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549