The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - Specifies that the new reimbursement rates shall not be reduced from the rates previously in effect, including the one-time cost of care plus rates that were part of the most recent collectively bargained and parity agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - Moreover, it would help guide the Legislature in determining the level of state funding to provide for children ’s mental health services and what is the most effective way to allocate and target such funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Charter school auditing requirements are informed by both the audit guide and details specified in their charter school petition, whereas audits of school districts are informed by the audit guide and statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - A Few Core Principles Could Guide Changes to the SPI ’s Role. The Governor ’s proposal is an opportunity for the Legislature to consider many changes to the SPI ’s role and duties. The previous governance studies and the state ’s experience with its current governance structure contain several lessons that could guide a redesign of the position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - After deciding on the guiding principles, the work group considered various options for updating Out ‑of ‑Home Care funding and used these principles to evaluate each option. Figure 3 Six Guiding Principles for Updating the Out ‑of ‑Home Care Formula Interagency Collaboration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2023-24 Budget: Equity Multiplier and Accountability Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - For  example, assistance could focus on supporting LEAs to develop a strategy for closing achievement gaps and implementing strategies addressing the specific needs of low ‑performing subgroups. This support should take into consideration the strategies the LEAs already have implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4700

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Develops New Inclusive Tools Guide. The budget provides $2  million one time to develop, produce, and disseminate resources on evidence-based inclusive practices for students with disabilities across all identity groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Changing the statewide strategy for recruiting new teachers every few years, however, results in state funding to develop multiple resources with very similar information, rather than one coordinated, authoritative platform that all prospective teachers can use to guide them through a complex process and lea rn more about recent state educator workforce initiatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Given the relatively low scores of student performance on math proficiency and the available evidence suggesting coaches might be able to help improve performance, providing funds to support coaches is a reasonable strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Eliminating this allowance would create parity with other bus replacement programs and avoid creating incentives for districts to forego those programs. Given that the proposed grants would cover the entire cost of the bus and chargi ng station, we think the state could expect districts to pay for other costs out of their local budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525