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 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - The proposed augmentation brings total ongoing CCGI funding to $16.6  million, with 294 districts that still need to be added to the platform. CCGI initially estimated the cost of fully scaling operations between $18  million and $20  million, but given the large number of districts that have yet to be added to the platform, we remain uncertain about the long ‑term costs for fully scaling CCGI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

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 2023-24 Budget: Equity Multiplier and Accountability Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - While equity leads have the added task of providing support that address es racial disparities, we question how this support will be different or more effective than other assistance provided through system of support entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4700

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - The state could consider soliciting input from COEs and other experts on alternative education or other relevant outcome metrics that could be added to the Dashboard that would be a better indication of performance at COE ‑run schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Under either approach, the Legislature may want to ensure that the level of funding provided is aligned with any service requirements added in statute. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Questions to ask the administration could include: How will the data collected from the one ‑time quality incentive payments inform the ongoing quality incentive payments that will be put in place as of 2026?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 15, 2024 - However, these subject matter domains were originally created to inform the developmen t of questions in the state ‑approved exams used to measure subject matter knowledge. Teacher preparation programs have reported that while the domains are effective in developing exam questions, they are too narrow, too specific, and overall a less effective reference point when determining whether coursework satisfies the subject matter competency requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839