The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, TK enrollment declined during 2020 ‑21 due to the pandemic, then started to increase more quickly in the expansion years. TK Funded Through LCFF. Similar to all other K ‑12 students, eligible TK students generate attendance ‑based funding through LCFF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - In late 2020, the families of several students living in Oakland and Los Angeles filed a lawsuit alleging the state had failed to ensure that schools provided adequate instruction during the pandemic ( Cayla  J.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - In an attempt to modernize and rationalize this structure, the state commissioned a study of service provider costs that was published in January 2020. The 2021 ‑22 budget began a multiyear, phased ‑in implementation of a modernized rate model to pay direct service professionals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - . $651.0 Golden State Teacher Grant Program 2020 ‑21, 2021 ‑22, and 2024 ‑25 Provides financial assistance to students enrolled in teacher preparation or pupil personnel services credential programs who commit to working in schools where at least 55 percent of students are EL/LI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012