The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - The blue bars represent the amount by which the Proposition  98 guarantee is above or below the cost of covering existing programs as adjusted by the statutory COLA. Negative bars indicate a “shortfall ” (the guarantee is insufficient to cover these costs) and positive bars indicate a “surplus ” (the guarantee is more than sufficient).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - The positive bars indicate the guarantee could cover existing programs with funds left over for new commitments —similar to a surplus. This surplus remains small over the next few years, but increases in the final year when the guarantee grows more rapidly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - Figure 4 shows the current division of UAO between the state and employers, displayed as the difference between the green bars (indicating current obligations) and blue bars (indicating current assets).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - High Bar for Approving New Non‑Proposition 98 General Fund for Golden State Teacher Grant Program. As we discussed in our recent report, The 2025‑26 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , the General Fund budget is roughly balanced for 2025‑26, but the state faces multiyear budget deficits in the out‑years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Most of this increase appears linked with special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock compensation. These increases, in turn, are linked with the recent run up in the stock market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - This enrollment –based approach ensures that funding is linked with students, new state funding is provided at comparable rates for students receiving comparable services, and funding for the SSS changes gradually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Each statewide indicator is linked to one of eight state priority areas. Outcomes from standardized tests, for example, are part of the student achievement priority area, while chronic absenteeism is one of two indicators (along with the high school graduation rate) used to measure student engagement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2014-15 Budget: The Commission on Teacher Credentialing [Publication Details]

Mar 28, 2014 - We also recommend the Legislature work with the administration and CTC to refine budget documents such that fee revenues can be more easily linked with associated expenditures. Additionally, we recommend the Legislature adopt the Governor's proposal to expand accreditation fees, as it is consistent with prior state actions that aim to keep CTC self-supporting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2987

The 2019-20 Budget: Special Education Teaching Performance Assessment

Apr 30, 2019 - Evidence Linking TPA Performance and Student Outcomes Is Limited but Positive. In reviewing the existing literature, we found three studies examining the link between teacher performance on the TPA and student academic outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4022

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $20  million for the Sacramento COE to award competitive grants to LEAs participating in the first three fee schedule cohorts of the CYBHI school-linked statewide fee schedule. This schedule was developed by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as part of the CYBHI to standardize reimbursement rates for behavioral health services provided to children
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087