The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - Trailer legislation requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to approve a list of professional development programs for English language arts (ELA) and English language development (E LD) training by September 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Similarly, th e 4 5 d istricts participating in the District of Choice program compare with th e 6 35 d istricts accepting students through interdistrict permits. Although we are uncertain what factors account for this difference, we did ask district administrators about potential explanations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - Budget trailer legislation requires DSS, beginning 2025, to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Senat e and Assembly budget committees with a proposed list of quality improvement activities that will be funded in the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - In addition to experiencing reductions in enrollment, schools also e xperienced steep declines in attendance rates during the COVID ‑19 pandemic. Although statewide attendance rates have been improving, they still have not returned to pre ‑pandemic levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Mar 1, 2021 - To calculate total enrollment of female students at eligible schools, the Commission applied the statewide share of K ‑ 12 e nrollment attributed to female students in grades 6 ‑12 ( 27  p ercent in 2019 ‑2 0) t o total enrollment in eligible schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - To compare funding rates for the two programs, w e converted the ASES daily rates into an annual rate consistent with ELOP requirements. Using 2023 ‑24 attendance and rates, the ASES daily rate would be equivalent to $2,900 per participating ELOP student per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In the coming weeks, the California Department of Education will have preliminary attendance data for the current year that will help th e Legislature determine whether or not the state is on target to meet the Governor ’s budget assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - COEs are not required to share any specific details in either of those sections, so th e level of detail varies by COE. Given COE Student Population, Distinction Between Base Program and Increased and Improved Services Seems Arbitrary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - This amount seems to correspond with current prices, assuming districts purchase relatively e xpensive stations that can charge their buses in a few hours. Concerns With Proposed Allowance for Other Transportation Expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool 1,209 69.0 a Reflects Department of Social Services ’ revised Stage 1 estimates, Department of Finance ’s revised estimates for Stage 2 and Stage 3, and budget appropriations for all other programs. b Does not include $9.6 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services. c General Child Care funding for State Preschool
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485