Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - CDE selected Tulare COE as the lead technical assistance provider, and selected eight COEs to serve as regional technical assistance centers. K ‑16 Education Collaboratives. The 2021 ‑22 budget package provided $250  million non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to the Department of General Services for a competitive grant program to support regional collaboratives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CTC competitively awarded grant to Tulare COE to operate center. 7.0 Total $1,677.5 STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; LEAs = local education agencies; COE = county office of education; EL/LI = English learner/low income; CSAC = California Student Aid Commission; and CDE = California Department of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Reduces Funding for State Preschool Offered by School Districts and COEs. The budget reduces Proposition  98 funding for State Preschool by $302  million on a one-time basis. This reflects the estimate of State Preschool funds for school districts and COEs that would otherwise go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending [Publication Details]

Mar 14, 2024 - This report, prepared at the request of the Legislature, makes recommendations primarily intended to increase transparency of operations and activities at county offices of education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4883

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - COEs Must Specify Actions They Will Take to Achieve Goals. A COE ’s LCAP must specify the actions the COE plans to take to achieve its goals. The specified actions must be aligned with the COE ’s adopted budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Prior to A B  1505 , SBE reviewed appeals for new charter schools by conducting its own independent review of the charter petition, similar to that of school districts and COEs. Under A B  1505 , if the charter petition was denied by a school district and a COE, then SBE only evaluates whether the school district or COE may have abused its discretion —SBE does not conduct an independent review of the charter petition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

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

Feb 15, 2024 - School Districts and COEs May Offer “Saturday School ” for Students to Make Up Absences. School districts and COEs may offer classes on the weekends for a variety of reasons, including to make up absences during the week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Nov 28, 2023 - Under previous law, COEs received funding for these schools based on their current-year attendance only. Minimum Grants. Within the COE LCFF, the budget also establishes a new grant providing $200,000 for each COE that operates at least one court school and another $200,000 for each COE that operates at least one county community school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

2023-24 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Nov 7, 2023 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = Cost-of-living adjustment, COE = county office of education, ASES = After School Education and Safety Program, CCEE = California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, LCAP = Local Control and Accountability Plan, LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/778

The 2023-24 Budget: Equity Multiplier and Accountability Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Assistance from CCEE Eligible for assistance from CCEE if requested by the COE. Automatically referred to CCEE if identified for differentiated assistance in three of four years for three or more student groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4700