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

Apr 30, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2018-19 Budget 2018 ‑19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

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

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2019 - (The inflation factor is the higher of the statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment or growth in per capita personal income.) Deposits are capped at the difference between the Test 1 funding level and the inflation ‑adjusted prior ‑year funding level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4113

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 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 18, 2020 - (The inflation factor is the higher of the statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment or growth in per capita personal income.) Deposits are capped at the difference between the Test 1 funding level and the inflation ‑adjusted, prior ‑year funding level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4298

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The Constitution sets forth three main tests (formulas) for calculating the Proposition  98 guarantee. Test   1 —the most commonly used test over the past 15 years —is based on a share of General Fund revenue and is unaffected by attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - One of the state ’s priorities the past several years has been to provide a cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) for certain K ‑ 14 p rograms. For 2018 ‑19, we estimate the K ‑14 COLA rate to be 1. 8  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716