The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - This is the state ’s budget . After this plan is put into law, the executive branch executes it on a cash basis. That is, on a daily basis, the state ’s tax agencies collect revenues, the State Controller pays the state ’s bills, and the State Treasurer invests any of the state ’s cash that is currently unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2024 - In this brief, we evaluate the Governor’s novel proposal to allow schools to keep $8 billion of cash disbursements above the minimum requirement without recognizing the budgetary impact of those payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4840

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Statute Requires COEs to Set Goals in State Priority Areas. For each of the state and local measures, statute requires COEs to establish performance targets for its students, student subgroups, and schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

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

Feb 29, 2024 - They must hire an auditor from a list of firms approved by the State Controller ’s Office. The auditor then conducts an independent review following procedures in the audit manual developed by the state known as the Guide for Annual Audits of K ‑12 Local Education Agencies and State Compliance Reporting (known as the audit guide).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - Prior to 2022 ‑23, the state contributed roughly 25 cents per free and reduced meal served (the state did not reimburse paid meals). In 2022 ‑23, the state provided a discretionary rate increase of 63  cents per meal —a 238 percent increase to the state rate for a free meal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839