Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - State law requires charter schools that provide less than 80   percent of their instruction in person to be considered a “nonclassroom ‑based ” charter school. This  determination is currently made based on the proportion of a school ’s ADA that is classroom ‑based.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 80 Emergency Child Care Bridge Provides temporary child care services to children in foster care system and under age 13. 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

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Figure 2 Rate Structure and Programmatic Requirements for ELOP Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Tier 1 80 percent or more in 2021 ‑22. 75 percent or more in 2022 ‑23. Less than 80 percent in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Spend 80   Percent of Annual Revenue on Instruction and Related Services. Charter schools must show that their prior ‑year expenditures on instruction and related services represents at least 80  percent of prior ‑year total revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - LCFF Now Represents About 80   Percent of School Funding. As Figure  6 shows, out of the $95.5  billion Proposition  98 funding provided to K ‑12 education in 2022 ‑23, $75.5  billion went towards funding the LCFF for school districts and charter schools (about 80  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - Specifically, the data shows that $1.2  billion (80  percent) of educator effectiveness funding and $622  million (24  percent) of state funding for ELOG were unspent at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - Grants must be prioritized for applicants based on the following criteria: Serve high ‑poverty schools where at least 80  p ercent of students are low income. Demonstrate need for expanded access to integrated services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - By August 2020, OAC awarded grants to ten existing partnerships and eight new partnerships, while 20  applications totaling $ 80  m illion in requested funds were left unfunded. Governor ’s Proposals Provides $25   Million Ongoing in Proposition   98 Matching Funds for County Children ’s Mental Health Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

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

Feb 15, 2022 - To  be eligible for funding, schools must: (1)  have at least 80  percent low ‑income students; (2)  have at least 15  percent English learners; and (3)  serve students in State Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten, or first through third grade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

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

Nov 28, 2023 - The budget estimates the ongoing cost of these changes is $80  million. Specifically, the budget includes four major changes to funding for court and county community schools: Base LCFF Funding. The budget increases base funding for court and county community schools to $16,395 per student, an increase of about $1,480 (10  percent) from the 2022-23 level adjusted for COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818