Overview of Special Education in California - What is Special Education? [Video]

[Video] Search LAO Videos Overview of Special Education in California December 12, 2016 In this series of four animated videos, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Anderson  covers key aspects of special education in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=107&videoId=161

Overview of Special Education in California - Who Receives Special Education? [Video]

[Video] Search LAO Videos Overview of Special Education in California December 12, 2016 In this series of four animated videos, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Anderson  covers key aspects of special education in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=107&videoId=162

Overview of Special Education in California - How is Special Education Organized? [Video]

[Video] Search LAO Videos Overview of Special Education in California December 12, 2016 In this series of four animated videos, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Anderson  covers key aspects of special education in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=107&videoId=163

Overview of Special Education in California - How is Special Education Funded? [Video]

[Video] Search LAO Videos Overview of Special Education in California December 12, 2016 In this series of four animated videos, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Anderson  covers key aspects of special education in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=107&videoId=164

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