The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - et  al.  v.  State of California ). In early 2024, the state agencies involved in the suit announced a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs. The agreement called for the Governor to propose new requirements for the LREBG.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CDE competitively awarded grants LEAs and COEs. 25.0 Integrated Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Grants 2016 ‑17 Supported expanding integrated programs that allow participants to earn an undergraduate degree and a teaching credential within four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - The Legislature could also require spending on services for students be disaggregated by program type (career technical education, special education, et cetera). Make Continuous Improvement Report Publicly Available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - During  the first quarter of 2024, for example, total pay increased at an annualized rate of 17   percent —one of the strongest quarters on record. State income tax receipts have followed this trend, with withholding collections up nearly 10  percent this year relative to 2023 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Figure  1 describes the programs that have received one ‑time state funding since 2016 ‑17 to address teacher shortages. Some programs are aimed at increasing the supply of teachers. For instance, the 2016 ‑17 budget re ‑established the Center at a COE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - This program was federally funded. 15 b Integrated Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Grants 2016 ‑17 Supported expanding integrated programs that allow participants to earn a bachelor ’s degree and a teaching credential within four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Even if these older buses are well maintained and used only as spares, districts generally will have to replace them before 2035 to me et the seat belt requirement. Retrofitting an older bus with seat belts generally is not possible because it involves working on the frame of the bus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Nonetheless, under the Governor ’s May Revision, general purpose reserves as a share of nonschool spending would reach  17  percent by the end of 2022 ‑23, still below the pre ‑pandemic share of 20  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - For instance, although 2,382 foster youth were placed in congregate care as of July 1, 2020, the Out ‑of ‑Home Care formula provides funding for 7,103 group home beds (based on 2016 ‑ 17 l evels). In contrast to foster youth, the counts for children with developmental disabilities in out ‑of ‑home care continues to be updated in the Out ‑of ‑Home Care program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - Of the total LCFF funding, the state allocates 81  percent through base grants, 17  percent through supplemental and concentration  grants combined, and 2  percent through the add ‑ons. Most Students Attend Districts Receiving Concentration Grant Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661