The 2020-21 Budget: Fresno Integrated K-16 Education Collaborative

Mar 11, 2020 - The state also has supported CSU ’s Graduation Initiative to promote more streamlined college pathways that reduce time to degree and reduce excess unit taking. In 2018 ‑19, CSU ’s four-year graduation rate had improved 9  percentage points compared to five years earlier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4199

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - The work group found interagency collaboration to be highly important in improving foster youth outcomes and sought to encourage such collaboration through its work. Members expressed interest in encouraging a stronger role for education on the child and family team to help ensure that educational issues are taken into consideration during placement decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Promotes Higher Drug Rebates. This year ’s spending plan also aims to increase drug rebates (which serve to create General Fund savings) in a number of ways. Most notably, the administration plans to contract with a pharmacy rebate aggregator to negotiate rebates with manufacturers on drugs provided to UIS members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Though  a different amount could be justified, we think 30  percent is high enough to promote improvement in student outcomes (which have not shown much improvement) but not so high that providers ’ funding levels fluctuate over time too notably or unpredictably.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

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

Mar 26, 2021 - For example, CCGI provides students with information about the college and financial aid application process, and it provides an education planner that allows students and high school counselors in partner districts to track progress toward meeting CSU and UC course eligibility requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - The Governor would appoint five members of the board. The Speaker of the Assembly, Senate President pro Tempore, and minority leaders of the Assembly and Senate would each appoint one member. Board members could serve two four-year terms.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

The 2025-26 Budget: Partial Income Tax Exclusion for Military Retirement Income [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - In this sense, although it is a small financial incentive, the proposal may well improve veterans ’ perception of California. Weak Economic Rationale to Exclude Military Retirement Income From Taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/820

The 2025-26 Budget: Partial Income Tax Exclusion for Military Retirement Income [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - In this sense, although it is a small financial incentive, the proposal may well improve veterans ’ perception of California. Weak Economic Rationale to Exclude Military Retirement Income From Taxation.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/820

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Fiscal Oversight Proposals

Mar 19, 2020 - To better monitor how COEs are using their statutory authority to help districts improve their fiscal health, we recommend the Legislature adopt legislation to require COEs to publicly report when their districts do not comply with financial rules and describe how they responded to the lack of compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4204

The 2020-21 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - The work group would have nine members, consisting of a lead, two members of the public, and one representative each from CSAC, the Department of Finance, the Department of Social Services, the Employment Deve lopment Department, the Franchise Tax Board, and the Scholarshare Investment Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4182