Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Assembly Bill  86 also requires both public and private schools to report COVID-19 cases to the local public health department within 24 hours after learning about a positive case. Schools must report positive cases among school staff and students known to have been on campus while infectious.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Introduction California operates the nation ’s largest public school system, comprising 937 school districts, 1,257 charter schools, and 58 county offices of education. This year, these local agencies will educate nearly 5.8  million students, employ around 700,000 teachers and staff, and spend nearly $150  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - We estimate the administration addressed a $58  billion budget problem in the Governor ’s budget. Despite this significant deficit, there is a good chance that the administration ’s revenue projections are too low and the state will face an even larger budget problem in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

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

Mar 1, 2021 - This results in a rate of $1. 86 p er student. We then multiply this rate by our estimate of 2019 ‑ 20 e nrollment data for female students in grades 6 ‑12 (about 1,150,000). This results in total statewide costs of $2. 1  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

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

Feb 15, 2024 - In this report, we assess the architecture of the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and analyze his major proposals for K-12 education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - California ’s  four ‑year high school graduation rate (86  percent) is similar to the national average. Of  the state ’s graduates, 64  percent enrolled in college after graduating high school. (This is based on 2017 ‑18, the most recent year for which data is available.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - In March  2021, the state enacted Chapter  10 of 2021 (A B  86 , Committee on Budget), which included $4.6  billion for schools to provide expanded learning and academic support programs in response to the COVID ‑19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545