The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - To  what extent have Master Plan committee members been given the opportunity to receive technical assistance from multiple state departments when developing recommendations? How has CalHHS ensured that Master Plan committee members have access to input provided by a broad crossection of consumers and their families, given the intent of Chapter  47 that all consumers and their families be served equitably?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - The purpose of spike protection is to protect the state budget from needing to sustain inc reases in the guarantee that are the result of temporary revenue spikes. At Key Points, the State Recalculates the Guarantee.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - On average, African American students missed much more school than other students, with a chronic absenteeism rate about double that of Latino and white students in 2017 ‑18. Similarly, they were suspended at nearly double the rate of Latino and white students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Humans also are dependent on these coastal environments, both for the natural processes that they provide (such as providing protection from flooding and filtering stormwater runoff to improve water quality), as well as their recreational benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 13, 2025 - (If revenues meet expectations, the deposit would remain to help protect school programs from future downturns.) This alternative would increase state costs by $1.6  billion this year relative to the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - CalSTRS ’ 27.2 percent investment returns in 2020-21 provide an extreme example of the complex and counterintuitive effects of these calculations. Specifically, as a result of the 27.2 percent investment returns, CalSTRS projects the state ’s share of UAO will be eliminated in a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - OPR indicates that the work group ’s required interim report on the status and progress of the final report will be provided to the Legislature by April 1, 2021. OPR indicates that the third and final report, which will include an estimate of ongoing costs for the data system and recommendations on issues such as protecting privacy and security, will be submitted to the Legislature by June 30, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - Formula Modification Provides Additional Funding Buffer for Some SELPAs. The proposed formula modification would benefit SELPAs that include a mix of growing and declining member LEAs. (The proposed change would have no effect on SELPAs where all members are declining or growing, or on single LEA SELPAs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - Of school employees in these pension systems, about 60   p ercent are members of CalSTRS, with the remainder members of CalPERS. CalSTRS members generally are not part of the federal Social Security retirement system, whereas CalPERS members generally are a part of that system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136