The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Legislature Codified the Master Plan for Developmental Services as a Cross ‑Agency Effort Focused on Equity. Budget ‑related legislation codified the Legislature ’s findings and declarations establishing the foundation for the Master Plan (Chapter  47 of 2024 [A B  162 , Committee on Budget]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Mar 18, 2026 - This  shift would free up the SBE to focus on broader policy issues while making state administrative functions more efficient. Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - State law sets a state rate for free meals, which supplements the federal rate for free meals. For paid and reduced ‑priced meals, the state provides funds to match the combined state and federal rate for free meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - For example, CTC identified that the current subject matter transcript review process could be further improved by (1)  creating a single, statewide master list of courses across all regionally accredited institutions that meet specific subject matter domains, and (2)  providing ongoing outreach to increase the awareness among candidates that the subject matter competency requirement could be satisfied through coursework.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Trailer legislation as part of the 2021 ‑22 budget package requires that, beginning in 2022 ‑23, all schools provide one free breakfast and one free lunch per school day to any student requesting a meal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Trailer legislation specifies that EL counts in TK will be calculated by applying a fact or to TK enrollment equal to the share of ELs enrolled in kindergarten who are not eligible for free or reduced-price meals and not a foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Frees Up Current Funding for Extension Grants. Trailer legislation proposes to free up the $485  million allocated in prior budgets that is set aside for the two ‑year extension grants. Current community schools grantees would no longer be required to submit requests for extensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - (Among its 2024 ‑25 cohort, the Center reports only 1.5  percent of Fellows held a master ’s degree.) In  fall 2024, the Center received 1,061  applications from 590 unique applicants for the 2025 ‑26  fellowship year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - LAO Assessment Creates a New Type of Budget Solution: Effectively an Interest ‑Free Loan From the State ’s Cash Resources. Under this proposed maneuver, the state would generate budget savings by not recognizing a budgetary expenditure, despite the fact that the cash has gone out the door.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840