The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - By the end of the multiyear plan (once 14(c) certificates are phased out), any DDS consumers who are employed must be paid at least minimum wage. When S B  639 was enacted, the number of individuals receiving subminimum wage was not clearly documented due to data limitations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan Total $7,768 a Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of existing 12:1 staffing ratios. b Applies to the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child and Adult Care Food
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Chapter  48 of 2023 (S B  114 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) requires that schools administer screenings for reading difficulties to students in kindergarten through second grade starting in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Better identifying these students could help districts target early intervention services to help them gain English proficiency more quickly and improve their academi c outcomes. Additionally, giving districts 60 days to assess students, as opposed to 30 days, would allow TK students more time to adjust to the school setting prior to being screened.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Chapter  1003 of 2024 (A B  1113 , McCarty) requires the California Department of Education to collect, starting in 2025 ‑26, enrollment in each of the state ’s three expanded learning programs. This collection would be made through the state ’s longitudinal data system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977