The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - A 2011 study on highly trained math coaches in elementary schools found positive long ‑term effects on student math performance (though performance did not improve in the short  term). Several Aspects of Math Coach Proposal Could Limit Effectiveness of Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - Beginning in 2011 ‑12, schools assumed responsibility for providing mental health services to students receiving special education, including students identified with emotional disturbance. (Responsibility for these services was previously with counties.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

Overview of Special Education Funding Models

Dec 17, 2021 - (In the early 2000s, the state also had a special disabilities adjustment that provided additional funding for schools serving higher shares of high ‑cost students but was eliminated in 2011 ‑12 due to various challenges with updating the  formula.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4486