The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - During this period, emergency attendance funding related to COVID-19 is available for quarantined students with special needs whose individualized educational programs do not provide for participation in independent study and for students attending community day schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

Update on State and School District Reserves

Apr 5, 2020 - Given economic decline due to the COVID-19 emergency, state revenues will be lower than estimated in January. Moreover, economic and budget conditions have evolved rapidly in recent weeks and are likely to continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4216

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - December 2026. a a School districts that do not submit a final expenditure report must return all funding to the state. Limited Information Regarding How Much State Funding Has Been Spent. Given that most of the one-time state programs do not yet have expenditure reports available or were just recently enacted, the state will not know for some time how funding has been spent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Fiscal Oversight Proposals

Mar 19, 2020 - Districts That Do Not Recover After COE Intervention May Receive Emergency Loans. If a district does not have cash on hand to pay its bills, its local school board may request an emergency loan from the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4204

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant Created to Support Academic Learning Recovery and Social and Emotional Well ‑Being of Students and Staff. The Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant was created as part of the 2022 ‑23 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Modern Governance Structure Began to Emerge in 1912. In 1912, the voters amended the Constitution to remove the SBE ’s ex officio members and allow the Legislature to determine the selection process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - The state could explore providing grants for districts to assess their vulnerability, conduct emergency response planning, purchase emergency equipment, and retrofit buildings to improve their resiliency to these  trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - Most notably, Chapter  3 waives penalties in existing law that reduce funding for schools that do not meet the minimum instructional days or minutes requirements. In addition, Chapter  3 specifies the state will calculate average daily attendance for 2019 ‑20 through the end of February —rather than mid-April —to exclude days when students may not have attended school due to COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

Update on School District Budgets

Nov 16, 2020 - The proposals at the state level affect the specific actions that districts will propose to do locally. School Districts Usually Base Their Adopted Budgets on May Revision. To meet their July  1 deadline, districts usually adopt their budgets in a governing board meeting in early or mid-June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4301