The 2025-26 Budget: California State University [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California State University [Publication Details] Description: This brief analyzes the state’s budget plan relating to CSU’s core operations and enrollment, as well as the Governor’s proposal to increase salaries for the Capital Fellows program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - When the Legislature sets enrollment growth expectations for CSU in the state budget, it intends for CSU to add more students. Though CSU is reporting higher state‑supported enrollment in each of the past two years, part of these increases has come from shifting enrollment from self‑ to state‑supported courses rather than adding new enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s 2025-26 educator workforce proposals and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Many of the state ’s other programs lacked evaluation requirements to determine whether the programs helped to address teacher shortages. State Has Limited Information About Effectiveness of Golden State Teacher Grant and National Board Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - To receive funding, a state must submit a plan to the Secretary of Education that outlines the state ’s approach to CTE and confirms that the state complies with certain federal regulations. For example, states must ensure CTE programs are aligned with math and English language arts standards, agree to provide technical assistance to school districts, and submit student outcome data (such as pathway completion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - State School Nutrition Program Supplements Federal Reimbursement. State law sets a state rate for free meals, which supplements the federal rate for free meals. For paid and reduced ‑priced meals, the state provides funds to match the combined state and federal rate for free meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Ensure Department ’s Submission for Federal Funding Aligns With State Documentation. As of January 2025, the department stated that it was aiming to submit its PAPD to the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in early 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Districts Use State-Developed Assessments to Determine English Language Proficiency. Districts use a set of state-developed assessments —known as the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) —to determine a student ’s English proficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - State Has Supported TK Expansion Through Several Initiatives. In 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time funding to support TK expansion. These  augmentations include: Facility Support ($590   Million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - As a result, additional district enrollment is unlikely to create significant future cost pressure for the state after the phase in of TK, and could potentially reduce state costs over the long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977