The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The Bureau of Economic Analysis typically releases the data the state needs to finalize the COLA for the upcoming year in late April. Recent Data New Data Show Statutory COLA Is Higher Than January Estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - Because the work group held its final meeting in October 2019 (a few months prior to release of the Governor ’s budget), it did not have the opportunity to evaluate these proposals. In the nearby box, we provide some of our office ’s preliminary thoughts on those proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

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

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. Remaining Funds Used to Eliminate the LCFF Payment Deferral. The Governor proposes to use virtually all of the remaining increase in 2017-18 K-12 funding to eliminate the payment deferral created in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 4, 2026 - From an accounting perspective, settle ‑up payments are always scored to the year in which the guarantee increased, rather than to the year the state disburses the payment to schools. …But the State Has Made Several Exceptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - The DHH educational committee would make the final determination on a program ’s rates and CDE would post each regional program ’s annual rate publicly. We recommend adjusting all approved reimbursement rates annually to reflect the overall K –12 cost –of –living adjustment and revisiting the issue after ten years to ensure these rates still reflect relevant costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In 2024, California ’s disadvantaged students scored lower than similar peers in other states in both math and reading, while non ‑disadvantaged students scored better on average than similar peers in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - Finally, we assess the proposal and provide our recommendation on it. (The administration very recently released the trailer bill language associated with this proposal. We did not receive this language in time to review it for this analys is.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840