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

Feb 4, 2026 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would make four adjustments that increase the reserve balance to $4.1  billion ( Figure  4 ). The  largest adjustment is a $3.8  billion mandatory deposit in 2024 ‑25, driven by significantly higher capital gains revenue since June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As part of the state ’s accountability system, districts report various student outcomes, referred to as statewide indicators, which are then displayed on a public website known as the school dashboard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2018-19 Budget: Update on Backlog of Teacher Misconduct Cases

Apr 30, 2018 - Recognizing the increase in DOJ teacher misconduct-related workload, the state increased the credential application fee from $70 to $100 in 2015 ‑16 —expecting to generate $4.1  million in additional fee revenue that could support DOJ ’s added workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3817

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Displaying total COE revenues and expenditures —including funding for district support and funding that is passed through to districts —makes it more challenging to assess spending specifically related to juvenile court and county community schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

An Overview of Internet in Schools

Jan 7, 2015 - It describes five key aspects of schools ’ Internet connections — (1) physical infrastructure , (2) connection speeds , (3) Internet service providers , (4) devices used to display Internet content , and (5) networking equipment .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3893

Funding for Major Internet-Related Programs Since 2000

Feb 17, 2015 - As displayed in the first part of Figure 1, the state and federal governments have created about a dozen programs over the last 14 years that provide funding to schools to support Internet activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3891

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: State’s Future Responsibility for CalSTRS Uncertain

Feb 2, 2016 - Figure 1 displays CalSTRS ’ projections of the state and district shares of unfunded liabilities under a sample of simulations reflecting average investment returns of between 5.6 percent and 10.9 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3336

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The Provider Directory is an online portal that will store and display information about service providers statewide. DDS required providers to complete a data collection survey by October 4, 2024 and then validate the submitted data in the Provider Directory in order to satisfy this performance metric.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - CRRSAA provided $4.1  billion for a second round of GEER funding. The first two rounds of GEER funding share many similarities, including the state allocation formula and allowable uses, with one difference related to private school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 18, 2018 - Under the Governor ’s budget, overall K-12 funding per student (including preschool and other agencies) increases from the revised 2017 ‑18 level of $11,165 to $11,628 in 2018 ‑19, an increase of $463 (4.1  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732