The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Governor Allocates $35   Billion in Overall Surplus to Address SAL Requirements. The Governor ’s May Revision includes $35  billion in discretionary General Fund proposals that meet SAL requirements across 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The budget provides $90  million ongoing and $35  million one time for the Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program. (The program has received one-time funding approved in the annual budget every year since 2018-19.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Specifically, 43  percent of school districts report they plan to offer TK to four ‑year olds with birthdays after February  3, whereas 35  percent report they do not plan to offer TK to this population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - Of the unfunded applications, ten applications requesting a combined $ 35  m illion were from new or emerging county ‑school partnerships. Supporting these partnerships would promote more coordination of services between counties and schools, as well as allow counties to provide mental health services in schools where they previously had not.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Similarly, th e 4 5 d istricts participating in the District of Choice program compare with th e 6 35 d istricts accepting students through interdistrict permits. Although we are uncertain what factors account for this difference, we did ask district administrators about potential explanations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - This scoring allows the state to reduce its appropriations subject to the limit by $1. 35  billion (90  percent of the proposed grant amount). The budget identifies the remaining $150  million (the portion available for any transportation expenditure) as spending that counts toward the appropriations limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525