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

Mar 1, 2021 - In May 2019, the Commission found that requirements added by Chapter   687 o f 2017 (A B  10 , C. Garcia) impose a reimbursable state ‑mandated program, beginning January 1, 2018. The mandate requires certain schools to stock 50  p ercent of restrooms with feminine hygiene products (defined as tampons and sanitary napkins) at all times at no cost to students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - These funds, however, typically are not sufficient to sustain all of the LEA ’s community schools activities. LEAs also may need to redirect existing funding, such as Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) or expanded learning funds, for activities that can be integrated with community schools grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a condition of receiving CCDF, the state must comply with a number of requirements, such as providing some matching funding as well as spending at least 12 percent of CCDF funds on quality improvement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - The cumulative cap on transfer activity appears to be a major factor in the overall decrease over the period. We provide more detail on these trends later in this report. Participation by Race Latino Students Account for the Largest Share of Participating Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Feb 13, 2025 - New Requirements Added in 2024 ‑25 Following a Legal Settlement. In late 2020, the families of several students living in Oakland and Los Angeles filed a lawsuit alleging the state had failed to ensure that schools provided adequate instruction during the pandemic ( Cayla  J.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - The fiscal benefit for school and community college programs would be similar to having a larger balance in the Proposition  98 Reserve —without the risk of facing premature reserve withdrawals or activating the local reserve cap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Under the normal K ‑12 mandates block grant process, funding is not added to the block grant until the required activity has become state law, the Commission has deemed the activity to be a reimbursable mandate, and districts have submitted claims for actual costs associated with required activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - This would ensure the amount of funding provided through the grant will be sufficient to cover the costs of the required activities. Require LEAs spend funds only for benefit of eligible school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012