Update on School District Retiree Health Benefits

Sep 25, 2017 - Update on School District Retiree Health Benefits Update on School District Retiree Health Benefits Introduction Rising Cost of Retiree Health Benefits Placing Added Pressure on District Budgets. Most school districts in California provide their retired employees with health benefits at least until they reach age 65.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3704

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The bill required the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) to establish a multiyear plan for phasing out the use of 14(c) certificates in California. By the end of the multiyear plan (once 14(c) certificates are phased out), any DDS consumers who are employed must be paid at least minimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program

Apr 30, 2019 - Like the Cal Grant  C program, these programs are designed to benefit students enrolling in CTE programs that are linked with gainful employment opportunities. Whereas the Cal Grant  C program serves roughly 10,000 students annually, these other programs by comparison are intended to support systemic improvements impacting CTE students on a much larger scale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4020

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposal would provide districts a developmentally appropriate tool to help identify TK students who would benefit from additional English development support. Better identifying these students could help districts target early intervention services to help them gain English proficiency more quickly and improve their academi c outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 5,054 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities Provides additional access to child care services for children under the age of 21 years and with exceptional needs. c  Program is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - A JPA has the added potential benefit of leveraging some administrative and technology infrastructure already in place at the segments —resulting in possible efficiencies and the ability to organize a governing entity relatively quickly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Although the community schools model has been shown to have a variety of benefits for students, we have concerns about funding the model at such a large scale. The model can be challenging to implement and requires strong local support to be successful.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131