Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - California State Lottery Revenues. State law requires a portion of revenues from the State Lottery to be allocated annually among schools, community colleges, and other public and higher education systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 29, 2020 - For the purpose of spending restricted lottery revenues, permanently expands the definition of instructional materials to also include laptop computers and devices that provide internet access. Schools and community colleges receive about $450  million in lottery revenues annually that must be spent on instructional materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4291

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Schools also received and are required to use a portion of funding from state lottery revenues for books and instructional materials under Proposition  20 (2000), typically several hundred million dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program

Jan 27, 2016 - With respect to the District of Choice program, the law requires an auditor to verify that the district (1)  implemented an unbiased process for admitting students and used a lottery if oversubscribed, and (2)  met the requirement for any communication to be factually accurate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3331

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Of this amount, $4.7  billion (58  percent) is state General Fund, $3.3  billion (41  percent) comes from student tuition and fee revenue, and $64  million (0.8  percent) is other state funding (primarily lottery revenue).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

Improving Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in California

Sep 21, 2016 - We recommend requiring regional DHH programs to annually specify their enrollment capacity and enroll interested DHH students up to that capacity, selecting students by lottery if enrollment demand exceeds capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3498

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 7, 2018 - (Revenues from the state lottery account for 1  p ercent of all revenue.) These proportions differ from many other states, where local property tax revenue covers a much larger share of school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3741

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - One  notable recent case is related to the A3 charter school network, where the schools were found to have fabricated attendance data that resulted in generating roughly $400  million in state funding through attendance fraud.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165