The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - For example, in the most recent survey (conducted between 2017 and 2019), the share of 7th graders who had experienced cyberbullying increased to 27  p ercent from 19  p ercent in the prior survey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that California had a 38  p ercent increase in suicide deaths in individuals between the ages of 10 and 24 i n the past decade —consistent with national trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - These funds are intended to support teachers who are pursuing computer science supplementary authorizations that allow them to teach computer science classes. The program provides school districts with grants of up to $2,500 per participating teacher, with a dollar-for-dollar match requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Grantees that receive funding from both programs must set aside local matching funds for each program, as funding from one program cannot be counted as a local match for the other. (Both programs allow grantees to use other CTE categorical funding as a local match.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

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

May 6, 2019 - Do students who earn an associate degree for transfer (ADT) at a community college end up taking fewer total units to earn a bachelor ’s degree than students who transfer without an ADT? 8. Are students receiving Cal Grant competitive awards more likely to enroll and graduate from college than those eligible students who just missed the cut ‑off for getting awards?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a condition of receiving CCDF, the state must comply with a number of requirements, such as providing some matching funding as well as spending at least 12 percent of CCDF funds on quality improvement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The state, however, was far less involved in the public school system than it is today. For example, elementary education did not become compulsory until 1874, and the state did not begin funding high schools until 1904.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - This process allows the state to request a 90   percent match in federal funding (rather than California ’s standard 50   percent match) to develop IT systems that enable the state to more efficiently administer Medicaid benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - As we described in our second post , the funding plan—as implemented—makes the state responsible for an estimate of what CalSTRS’ unfunded liabilities would be today if the state had made different decisions about teacher pensions in the past.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - (In 2024 ‑25, children who have their fifth birthday by June 2 are eligible for TK.) For 2024 ‑25, the budget package assumes LCFF costs associated with TK will be $526  million above revised 2023 ‑24 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

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

Oct 25, 2021 - Collecting data and conducting program evaluations. a The local match can be met either through cash contributions or through services or resources of comparable value, as determined by the California Department of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466