The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, the gap between California and the national average steadily closed from 2005 to 2019, but has remained relatively flat since 2019. The gap between the state and the national average is driven by the outcomes for economically disadvantaged students, which NAEP defines as students with family incomes below 130  percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Adds Funding for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Incentive Program. The budget provides $30  million for the National Board Program. Similar to the funding provided for the program in 2021-22, the budget sets aside $3  million of the total to cover the fees of first-time applicants to the National Board for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - For example, in 2019 ‑20, school districts that participated in the federal National School Lunch Program generally received $3.50  per free lunch, $3.10 per reduced ‑price lunch, and 41  cents per paid lunch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Could Worsen Teacher Shortages. A national survey of teachers from November 2020 found that 27  p ercent of teachers were considering taking a leave of absence, leaving the teaching profession, or retiring early in response to the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - In response to the lack of coordination between counties and schools, the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget provided $ 40  m illion one time and $ 10  m illion ongoing MHSA funding to establish a competitive grant program to encourage county ‑school partnerships and increase student access to mental health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s 2025-26 educator workforce proposals and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5012

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - A national survey of teachers from January 2021 found that 23  percent of teachers were likely to leave their current job due to pandemic ‑related stress by the end of 2020 ‑21, compared to an annual average of 16  percent before the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

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

Nov 28, 2023 - To b e eligible, schools must meet the following criteria based on data from the prior year: Have more than 70  percent of their student population classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged. A student is considered socioeconomically disadvantaged if neither of their parents has a high school diploma, or if they qualify for free or reduced-price meals under the federal
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - For  example, our understanding is that the Chancellor ’s Office awarded $10  million in grants to a total of six community colleges in early 2019 and that programs generally began enrolling 9th grade students in fall 2019 or fall 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In the coming weeks, the California Department of Education will have preliminary attendance data for the current year that will help th e Legislature determine whether or not the state is on target to meet the Governor ’s budget assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968