Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - (Middle college high schools operate on community college campuses and are targeted to students who are at risk of dropping out of high school. Early college high schools partner with a community college or public university that allows students to earn a diploma and up to two years of college credit by graduation.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Both U.S. citizens and California Dream Act students (sometimes referred to as AB  540 students) are able to participate in the program. (This latter group consists primarily of undocumented students.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. [Ballot]

Mar 25, 2025 - Proposal Establishes Environmental Education Requirements for All Students. This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges Background Some CCC Students Are Currently or Formerly Incarcerated. As Figure  12 shows, the number of incarcerated students enrolled at the community colleges has increased over the past decade —from about 2,200 FTE students in 2014 ‑15 to about 7,100 FTE students in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposal specifies that the screener must be (1)  developmentally appropriate for TK students; (2)  deemed adequate by technical experts; (3)  capable of administration by classroom teachers or aides to students; and (4)  capable of administration to any student, regardless of their primary language.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, CLSF expects total enrollment to decline by 39  FTE students, for a total of 1,128 FTE students. This decrease is primarily attributable to a decline in JD enrollment, which is estimated to fall by 38  FTE students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In 2024, California ’s disadvantaged students scored lower than similar peers in other states in both math and reading, while non ‑disadvantaged students scored better on average than similar peers in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Similar to all other K ‑12 students, eligible TK students generate attendance ‑based funding through LCFF. The LCFF includes a per ‑student base grant that varies by grade level. In 2024 ‑25, the base grant for students in TK through third grade is $10,025 per average daily attendance (ADA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - As discussed above, the shift from Tier 2 to Tier 1 comes with increased obligations for the number of students served. Tier 2 districts are obligated to serve only EL/LI students, while Tier  1 districts must serve all students whose parents request placement in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989