The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - These LEAs also disproportionally benefited from the more than $20  billion in one ‑time federal funding provided over the last two years. This funding can be used for similar purposes, with most funding available through September 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - Provides $25   Million One Time to Expand County ‑School Partnership Grant Program. The Governor proposes $ 25  m illion one ‑time MHSA funding for the mental health county ‑school partnership grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending [Publication Details]

Mar 14, 2024 - This report, prepared at the request of the Legislature, makes recommendations primarily intended to increase transparency of operations and activities at county offices of education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4883

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - EPA will allocate the funding in installments of $1  billion per year for the next five years. The law sets aside half of the annual amount for electric school buses. The  other half is available for any type of bus powered by alternative fuels, including electric, CNG, and propane buses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Additionally, schools received $21.1  billion in one ‑time federal relief funding to cover a broad range of activities, including expanded learning programs. Most of these funds are available through September 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

The 2023-24 Budget: Equity Multiplier and Accountability Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Data used to identify districts for differentiated assistance is typically released by the end of the calendar year. Data must be released by December 1 in 2023. Deadline slowly moved up, such that in 2026 data must be released by October  15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4700

Update on State and School District Reserves

Apr 5, 2020 - (These figures exclude the Proposition 98 School Reserve, which is described more in the next section.) Finally, the balance of the SFEU currently is nearly zero. Although the state enacted an SFEU level of $1.4 billion for 2019‑20, the administration transferred $1.3 billion from the SFEU to the state’s disaster fund to address the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pursuant to a letter dated March 25, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4216

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - (A  total of 390 schools were eligible.) Second, the budget provided $25  million for a COE to develop and provide statewide training for educators to become literacy coaches and reading specialists.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The funds will be transferred soon, but the state has until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released detailed guidance with more detail on how these funds can be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - The proposed new grant would provide about $2. 7  m illion for technical assistance that could be spent over four years —$662, 000 p er year. This is somewhat higher than the $450,000 available over one year under the first round of grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367