The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 5, 2020 - For that reason, the budget includes 8,880 full-time equivalent staff, the same numb er authorized in the previous year. Litter Abatement. The budget includes $31.8  million in 2020 ‑21 (growing to $43.4  million annually beginning in 2024 ‑25) from SHA to augment funding for the Litter Abatement Program to address increased litter on the state highway system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4272

High-quality public schools (Version 1). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 2023 - Background State Required to Provide a Public School System . The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-009

High-quality public schools (Version 2). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 2023 - Background State Required to Provide a Public School System . The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-010

Proposition 28 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - The California Department of Education (CDE) may approve requests from schools to spend less on staff. Schools will have three years to spend the funds they receive each year. CDE would reallocate any unspent funds to all schools in the following year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=28&year=2022

CCC Proposition 98 Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]

May 20, 2024 - Proposed COLA increases from 0.76 percent in January to 1.07 percent at the May Revision. c Uses reappropriated Proposition 98 funds (previously appropriated funds for other purposes that were not spent). d The Governor proposes to realign Proposition 98 spending with the revised estimate of the minimum guarantee in 2022‑23 by reclassifying Proposition 98 General Fund payments already made to community colleges (and schools).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/854

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - There is generally no state requirement for private schools to collect certain student information. Transgender and Nonbinary Students . While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary youth, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates that nearly 50,000 of the state ’s 2.6  million children aged 13 to 17  years (about 2  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - Over the last few years, the state has indeed experienced significant fluctuations—large surpluses followed by significant deficits. This volatility has prompted interest in changes to the state’s reserve policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5028

Breakdown of Local Control Funding Formula [EdBudget]

Aug 2, 2024 - b Includes funding for Necessary Small Schools. c Includes funding related to inter-district transfer students, support for the State Special Schools, the Education Protection Account, and $3.5 million to support the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/902

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program Introduction In recent years, the Legislature has modified the state ’s film tax credit in an effort to increase the diversity of the motion picture workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

An Update on California’s Cash Management Situation

Aug 31, 2020 - Meanwhile, the state ’s 2020-21 budget package took steps to begin payment deferrals to schools at the end of 2019-20. As a result, payments to schools in June of 2020 were only $300  million, compared to $6  billion anticipated earlier this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4266