Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Federal Funding Perkins V Funding. The federal government provides roughly $1.4  billion in ongoing funding to states and discretionary grantees for high school and postsecondary CTE programs. The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) was signed into law in July 2018, reauthorizing the federal Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Child care services are temporary until family finds longer ‑term child care solution. d 3,245 a Unless otherwise specified, child must be under age 13 and families must earn at or below 85  percent of the state median income to be eligible for subsidized child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - (The figure contains all districts with at leas t 3 00 t otal students and at leas t 2  p ercent of their enrollment transferring in or out through the program.) The top portion shows the effect of the program relative to the alternative in which all students return to their home districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The report criticized the division of responsibilities between the SBE and the SPI for creating a “double ‑headed ” governance structure. It warned that conflict and inefficiency were unavoidable because the two entities had overlapping responsibilities for governing the public school system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 13, 2025 - 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 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - As set forth in the State Constitution, an attendance decline does not reduce the guarantee unless attendance has declined in the two previous years. c As set forth in the State Constitution, reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent. d Includes adjustments to the previous year ’s maintenance factor for growth in per capita personal income and K ‑12 attendance as required by the State Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Nov 10, 2025 - These reports must describe how funds were used to employ coaches and improve school literacy programs, how expenditures impact student literacy, an d how the LEA plans to continue to support literacy coaches past the award period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - (According to the department, LOIS pays tribute to Lois Curtis, one of the plaintiffs in the Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court case that established the right for people with disabilities to live in the least restrictive environment appropriate to meet their needs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - The budget includes an additional $248  million to further support the recently established Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists (LCRS) program, which reflects more than a doubling of program funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Providing more funding for math coaches woul d help the state begin to establish coaches in high ‑poverty schools and provide more individuals with access to training that will prepare them to become math coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012