The 2021-22 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook The 2021-22 Budget Multiyear Budget Outlook This report presents our office ’s independent assessment of the condition of the state General Fund budget through 2024 ‑25 assuming the economy continues to grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4437

Overview of Special Education Funding Models [Publication Details]

Dec 17, 2021 - This brief provides background on the state’s current funding allocation formula for special education, describes funding formulas used in other states, establishes a framework for evaluating these formulas, and offers some issues for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4486

Funding for students attending private schools and homeschool. [Ballot]

Sep 27, 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/2021-006

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

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The 2023 ‑24 budget delayed the sixth and final round totaling $481  million to 2024 ‑25 ($240  million) and 2025 ‑26 ($240  million). Shortage of Adult Psychiatric and Community Residential Beds Recent Study Estimated Shortage in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians)

Jan 9, 2020 - As Figure  3 shows, mandatory overtime worked by Unit 18 members has decreased significantly over the past five calendar years at Porterville Developmental Center and Canyon Springs Community Facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4134

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Additionally, the measure prohibits sports wagering on certain sporting events including high school games, animal contests currently prohibited under state law (such as greyhound races), and games that have already occurred.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding

Mar 6, 2020 - In Test  1 years, the minimum guarantee equals a fixed percentage of state General Fund revenue, plus whatever amount of property tax revenue schools and community colleges receive that year. In Test  1 years, increases or decreases in property tax revenue have a dollar ‑for ‑dollar effect on school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4193

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - Specifically, rather than funding the highest year of SELPA ‑level attendance across three years, the Governor proposes to fund the highest year of attendance for each respective member LEA across three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

Strong Tax Collections Belie California's Challenging Fiscal Outlook

Apr 26, 2022 - No one knows for sure, but in some scenarios, we found the cumulative estimated budget problem would substantially exceed the state ’s current combined general-purpose budget reserves of around $25  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4590