The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - As an example, for a district with 15 school sites, auditors may review the TK program at four schools to determine compliance f or the entire district. Current Penalty Structure Has Trade ‑Offs. Compared with other elementary grades, the state provides higher levels of funding for TK, as well as stricter requirements with relatively stringent penalties for noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

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

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

Mar 1, 2021 - This post fulfills a requirement for our office to analyze new mandates, as specified in Section 17562 o f the Government Code. Background Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Betwee n 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, 13 o f these districts left the program and 9 n ew districts joined the program. This turnover occurred mainly among small districts. In bot h 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, the same five large districts accounted for most of the participating students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - Researchers have identified four key features of a fully implemented community schools model: ( 1)  i ntegrated student support, such as on ‑site mental and physical health care; ( 2)  f amily and community engagement; ( 3)  c ollaborative leadership and practice; and ( 4)  e xtended learning time and opportunities, such as after school care and summer programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - One state priority area focuses on student academic achievement as measured by test scores on state reading, math, and (f or English learners) English language proficiency assessments. A district that is identified as low performing based on the school dashboard is to receive targeted support from its county office of education (COE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Eighty percent of eligible LEAs (940 out o f 1176 LEAs) requested kitchen infrastructure and/or training funds. For kitchen infrastructure funding, most LEAs requested funding to purchase cooking equipment and make associated facility upgrades (91  percent), followed by service equipment (88  percent) —such as mobile carts —and refrigeration and storage (88  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - These programs have not yet allocated any funding. b Amounts reflect estimates by CARB except for Small School District and County Office of Education Bus Replacement Program. c Various iterations of this program have been managed by CARB, local air districts, and SJVAPCD. d CALSTART is a national nonprofit organization focused on clean transportation. e Program funds fully allocated and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The COEs are also to provide a proposed scope o f work and five-year budget plan, which are then subject to approval by CDE and the Executive Director of the State Board of Education. Educator Workforce Investment Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - As part of the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget package, Chapter   51 o f 2019 (S B  75 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) provided $ 10  m illion one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to the OPR for initial work related to developing an integrated data system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409