The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - However, due to the expiration of limited ‑term funding previously authorized, total funding would decline to $65.4  million annually beginning in 2024 ‑ 25 —effectively the same level of funding in the current  year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 2021 - The District of Choice program is one of several laws allowing students to transfer from one school district to another school district. The program is scheduled to sunset on July 1, 2023. This evaluation, prepared at the request of the Legislature, assesses recent trends in the program and provides our recommendations regarding reauthorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4329

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - (The law waives a few rules for small schools.) Funding Private Schools Generate Most of Their Revenue From Tuition. Available data suggest that private school tuition in California averages roughly $12,000 per year for elementary schools and $20,000 per year for high schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-011

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of Proposition 98 Budget Proposals [Publication Details]

Jan 25, 2021 - This handout analyzes the overall architecture of the Governor's plan for school and community college funding, including major spending proposals and underlying estimates of the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4318

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - This year ‑to ‑year increase in General Fund reflects a much faster rate of cost growth relative to prior budget estimates. The main reason for the year ‑to ‑year General Fund cost increase is the anticipated ramp down of temporary increases to federal Medicaid funds (largely associated with the public health emergency) that were used to offset General Fund costs in the IHSS program in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - Districts currently set aside approximately $2.2  billion per year related to this requirement. These funds meet the definition of capital outlay for SAL purposes, and so the spending plan adopts a plan to require school districts to exclude this spending from their limits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Phases Expansion Over Two Years. Under the proposal, the ten smallest counties would transition to the Whole Child Model in January 2024, and the remaining five counties (including the three Single-Plan model counties) would transition in January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - (A similar model, known as “early college high school, ” is a partnership between public schools and a CCC, CSU, or UC campus that allows students to earn a diploma and up to two years of college credit in four years or less.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Districts currently set aside approximately $2.2 billion per year related to this requirement. These funds meet the definition of capital outlay for SAL purposes, and so the administration’s SAL calculations propose school districts exclude this spending from their limits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - This increases property taxes for local governments and schools. Over the next few years, schools and local governments each probably will gain hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Over time, these gains will grow resulting in schools and other local governments each gaining $1  billion or more per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-015