The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - On the other hand, the state’s school‑age population is declining due to a decrease in births that began nearly two decades ago and accelerated between 2017 and 2020. This decline is likely to be the main factor affecting school attendance over the next several years, and we estimate corresponding attendance decreases of about 1 percent per year (Figure 9).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - From 2017‑18 through 2021‑22 (the most recent data available), the percent of high school completers in California attending any college decreased from 68 to 62 percent. Enrollment Growth Continues to be Overstated Due to Shift in Summer Courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - The estimate uses claims data submitted to the State Controller for 2017 ‑18 (reflecting a half ‑year of costs) and 2018 ‑19. The data consisted of 169 r eimbursement claims (97  for 2017 ‑2018 and 72 for 2018 ‑201 9) s ubmitted by 115 school districts and COEs, representing a total of 1, 410 e ligible schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CTC competitively awards grants of $4,000 per participant per year for up to five years to LEAs, COEs, and charter schools. 170.0 California Examination and Assessment Fee Waiver Program 2022 ‑23 and Subsidized teacher preparation examination fees for teacher and administrator candidates CTC automatically awarded fee waivers to teacher and administrator candidates. 48.0 Bilingual Teacher
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - In contrast, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20. These closures affected an average of about 950,000 students in 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - CTC competitively awarded grant to Tulare COE to operate center. 7 Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program 2017 ‑18 Supported teachers pursuing authorization to teach bilingual and multilingual classes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Of the state ’s high school graduates, about half (49  percent in 2017 ‑18) completed the college preparatory coursework required to be eligible for freshman admission at UC/CSU (known as the “A  through G ” series).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - CTC competitively awarded grant to Tulare COE to operate center. 5 Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program 2017 ‑18 Supported teachers pursuing authorization to teach bilingual and multilingual classes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - In 2017-18, $5  million was provided on a one-time basis to create the Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program to support teachers pursuing authorization to teach bilingual and multilingual classes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818