The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal

Feb 4, 2022 - Excess Revenues Must Be Allocated to School Payments and Taxpayer Rebates. The Legislature could meet any remaining SAL  requirements by splitting excess revenues between taxpayer rebates and payments to schools and community colleges The Constitution gives the state two years to make these payments, and so the costs could be funded in the 2023 ‑24 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4515

Districts' Pension Contribution Rates and Amounts [EdBudget]

Mar 4, 2020 - Thereafter, we assume payroll grows at CalPERS' assumed rate (2.875 percent in 2019-20 and 2.75 percent per year thereafter). Excludes contributions for classified employees not covered by the CalPERS schools pool. d Share of contributions from schools and community colleges each year is based on 2017-18 financial reports. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/349

Taxation of commercial property. [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2019 - These new responsibilities could increase county property tax administration costs by hundreds of millions of dollars per year ongoing. Of the remaining $6.5  billion to $11.5  billion, roughly 60  percent would be allocated to cities, counties, and special districts and roughly 40  percent to schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-008

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2021 - This post provides an update on the progress of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) funding plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4475

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Computer Science Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - In addition, as previously mentioned, computer science is not required for a student to graduate high school or be accepted into a four-year university. Moreover, academic performance in computer science is not measured in the California School Dashboard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4198

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Schools could receive similar property tax gains. Change in State Funding for Schools. Should schools gain property tax revenues under the measure, state funding for schools may decrease by a similar amount in some years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-004

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities. Throughout the report, we rely almost entirely upon state and federal government data sources and cite the most readily available data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 16, 2020 - Repurposes Prior Pension Payment to Reduce District Costs Over the Next Two Years. The 2019 ‑20 budget plan included $3.2 billion non-Proposition 98 General Fund for certain pension payments the state was scheduled to make on behalf of schools and colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4284

Districts' Pension Contribution Rates and Amounts [EdBudget]

Aug 24, 2020 - Excludes contributions for classified employees not covered by the CalPERS School Pool. Excludes payments made by the state on behalf of employers. Share of contributions from schools and community colleges for 2019-20 are estimates from CalPERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/439

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - African American students, on average, miss much more school than other students. Twenty percent of African American students are chronically absent —meaning absent for 10  p ercent or more of the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144