Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - When we examined individual districts with at leas t 5 0 t ransfer students, the share of female students ranged fro m 4 0  p ercent t o 6 0  p ercent. These results are similar to our previous findings based o n 2 014 ‑ 15 d ata.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - Additionally, trailer legislation requires the administration of the program and remaining unspent funds t o be transferred from CDE to CTC on July 1, 2027. Expands the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - This post fulfills a requirement for our office to analyze new mandates, as specified in Section 17562 o f the Government Code. Background Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Chapter  486 of 2019 (A B  1505 , O ’Donnell). Assembly Bill  1505 included several changes to laws regarding charter schools. Most notably, the bill made changes in four areas: Additional Circumstances for Denying a Petition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Funding would support at least an additional 1, 041 p articipants with grants of up to $24, 000 o ver five years. School districts, county offices of education (COEs), and charter schools that have not previously received funding would receive priority for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - Trailer legislation adopted as part of the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget package allows the SPI to set aside 1  p ercent of the funding ($450,00 0) t o provide technical assistance to potential applicants, as well as provide program oversight and technical assistance to grantees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Feb 4, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget also provides $250, 000 o ngoing to designate a district or county office of education to provide technical assistance on Medi ‑Cal billing as part of the statewide system of support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4345

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

Mar 26, 2021 - As part of the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget package, Chapter   51 o f 2019 (S B  75 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) provided $ 10  m illion one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to the OPR for initial work related to developing an integrated data system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2021-22 Budget: Extended Learning and Academic Support

Jan 29, 2021 - (The findings are based o n an analysis of data from 50,000 students in 18 California school districts.) They also found that students in earlier grades are experiencing the highest level of learning loss.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4326

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Eighty percent of eligible LEAs (940 out o f 1176 LEAs) requested kitchen infrastructure and/or training funds. For kitchen infrastructure funding, most LEAs requested funding to purchase cooking equipment and make associated facility upgrades (91  percent), followed by service equipment (88  percent) —such as mobile carts —and refrigeration and storage (88  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519