The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - To compare funding rates for the two programs, w e converted the ASES daily rates into an annual rate consistent with ELOP requirements. Using 2023 ‑24 attendance and rates, the ASES daily rate would be equivalent to $2,900 per participating ELOP student per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - At the state level, the Legislature w ill want to ensure that schools are adequately included in statewide emergency preparedness and response planning efforts, such as by requiring state agencies to consult with CDE prior to developing state ‑level emergency plans or requiring —and verifying —that local city and county disaster mitigation plans incorporate potential impacts on schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Special Education “Disconnect”

Mar 1, 2017 - These SELPAs w ould see some of their property tax revenue go to cities, counties, and/or trial courts, consistent with existing related statutory provisions.) Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3598

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - In fall 2018, 343  districts (out of approximately 1,00 0) w ere identified as having poor performance with one or more of their student subgroups. Of these districts, 219 were identified because of poor outcomes for their students with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - (We note that the statutory COLA has been difficult to predict, with the actual COLA rate, as locked down in April each year, exceeding Moody ’s fall consensus projection the past few years.) Under Recession Scenario, Minimum Guarantee Drops in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Proposition 98)

Jun 19, 2015 - Complementing this initiative is a one-time $10 million Basic Skills Partnership Program to develop better mo dels of collaboration in this area. In addition, the budget provides $48 million to extend the CTE Pathways Initiative for one more year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3273

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The state, however, cannot predict the timing of such a decline. The potential forecasting errors are larger in 2026 ‑27 than in 2025 ‑26 because the 2026 ‑27 estimates must make assumptions further into the future, and the state does not yet have any tax collection data for the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Overall, our analysis finds that shifting to enrollment ‑based funding would be somewhat more predictable and reduce some administrative burdens for LEAs, but likely would have a negative effect on student attendance over the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Had the salary for Fellows not risen to the minimum level for salaried employees, Fellows would have become eligible for overtime, w hich is not the intent of the program.) Despite that federal requirement being rescinded, the Center indicates a salary increase is still warranted to help Fellows afford rising living costs as well as keep the fellowship program competitive with comparable programs in the state and country.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2018-19 Budget: Update on State Funding for K-12 School Facilities

May 3, 2018 - In each of these three areas, the report should include the number (of applications, appeals, and audits) processed, the average amount of time taken to process each type of workload, and the nature of such w orkload (for example, the number of appeals relating to disputed funding determinations for land acquisition).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3821