The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor allocates most of the surplus toward one-time purposes, including maintaining a positive year-end balance in the state’s discretionary reserve. Under the administration’s estimates, total reserves would reach $20.5 billion at the end of 2020-21—this represents a $1.7 billion increase from the 2019-20 enacted level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most notably, the Governor provides a combined $ 900  m illion for six programs aimed at improving school employee training, recruitment, and retention. The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

California's Fiscal Outlook: CASBO Presentation [Publication Details]

Nov 21, 2019 - Presented to the California Association of School Business Officials on November 21, 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4119

The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2019 - The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Summary Relatively Strong Growth Projected in School and Community College Funding. Each year, the state calculates a “minimum guarantee ” for school and community college funding based upon a set of formulas established by Proposition 98 (1988).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4113

The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2019 - The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: This report examines how the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee might change over the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4113

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - We do not have good data on student outcomes beyond the first year out of high school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Second, certain State Preschool providers may enroll four-year olds who are otherwise ineligible for the program (after serving all interested, eligible children). Specifically, these providers must operate within the attendance boundary of a public school where at least 80  percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2019-20 May Revision: K-12 Cal Grant Mandate

May 28, 2019 - To streamline the GPA submission process and encourage higher Cal Grant participation, Chapter 679 of 2014 (AB 2160, Ting) requires that all high school seniors in public schools be considered Cal Grant applicants unless they opt out during their junior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4052

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The May Revision also increases the state share of project costs to 75 percent, reducing the local share from 50 percent to 25 percent for new construction projects and from 40 percent to 25 percent for renovation projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

The 2019-20 May Revision: Overview of the May Revision Proposition 98 Package

May 13, 2019 - In most years, the state budget allocates some ongoing Proposition  98 funds for one-time activities. This approach provides a buffer that reduces the likelihood of cuts to ongoing programs if the guarantee experiences a year ‑over ‑year decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4044