Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - One option the work group considered was eliminating the Out ‑of ‑Home Care program and shifting funding into the special education base formula (slightly increasing per ‑student rates for all SELPAs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2019-20 May Revision: K-12 Cal Grant Mandate

May 28, 2019 - The CSM ’s estimate of ongoing statewide cost consists of $661,000 for providing an opt-out notice to all juniors, $1.4 million for electronically submitting GPAs to CSAC for seniors who do not opt-out, and $1.4 million for overhead costs (applied to all juniors and seniors).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4052

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - By 2030 ‑31, when all current grantees would have exhausted their one ‑time funding, assuming community school grant rates receive COLA, we estimate ongoing costs for funding all eligible schools would be a few hundred million dollars higher than the funding provided under the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Proposition 49—Recommend Repeal [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2005 - Proposition 49—Recommend Repeal [Publication Details] HTML Description: We recommend the Legislature enact legislation placing before the voters a repeal of Proposition 49 because (1) it triggers an autopilot augmentation even though the state is facing a structural budget gap of billions of dollars, (2) the additional spending on after school programs is a lower
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1280

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Districts that are found to be out of compliance with these requirements lose part of their ELOP apportionment proportional to the infraction. California ’s Programs Have Different Reporting Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - Of the same cohort, 10  p ercent dropped out of school, 6  p ercent returned to school for a fifth year, and less than 1  p ercent received either a High School Equivalency Certificate (if they passed the General Educational Development Test) or a special education certificate of completion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741

After School Programs and Proposition 49 [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2006 - After School Programs and Proposition 49 [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1452

How Did California Schools Spend Common Core Implementation Funding?

Jun 10, 2016 - Of schools ’ staff development spending, 49 percent was for math training, 39 percent for English training, and the remainder split evenly among science training and English Language Development (ELD) training for teachers of English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3483

K-12 Education in Context

Jan 26, 2018 - Whereas these two sets of districts combined comprise more than half of all districts in California, they account for only 7  percent of all students. At the other extreme, 12 very large districts each serve more than 40,000 students and together educate one-fifth of all students in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3736

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - We recommend the Legislature provide a uniform rate per EL/LI student and require districts to provide access to all EL/LI students interested in the program. This approach would allow districts to better plan and build out their programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545