The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - CDE i s to prioritize LEAs that obligated at least half of the second round of kitchen infrastructure and training funds included in the 2022 ‑23 budget package. CDE is also to prioritize LEAs that participate in certain provisions of federal nutrition programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - I n 2 014 ‑15, the difference between the share of Latino students using the program ( 32  p ercent) and their share of home district enrollment ( 66  p ercent) wa s 3 4  p ercentage points. I n 2 018 ‑19, this difference had decreased t o 2 8  p ercentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - This funding was allocated to states based on the Title I, Part A formula under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). (The Title I, Part A formula uses the number of low-income and disadvantaged children to allocate funding.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - Funding allocated based on federal Title I, Part A allotments. $21.1 a State Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant May be used for a variety of academic and social ‑emotional activities, including increasing instructional learning time, providing tutoring and other academic services, offering additional instruction to students not on track to graduate, and addressing other barriers to learning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2021-22 Budget: Extended Learning and Academic Support

Jan 29, 2021 - September 30, 2022 1,483 Based on Title I, Part A formula, which is based on the number of low ‑income and disadvantaged children. Total $6,818 a Of total amount, $4.4 billion was originally required to be spent by December 30, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4326

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - At a minimum, we recommend the state technical assistance be available to assist schools with ( 1)  c onducting a community needs assessment, ( 2)  i mproving community engagement, ( 3)  c reating community partnerships, and ( 4)  d eveloping sustainable funding sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - CCR aims to achieve a number of complementary goals, including: ( 1)  e nding long ‑term congregate care placements, ( 2)  i ncreasing reliance on resource family placements, ( 3)  i mproving access to supportive services regardless of a child ’s foster care placement, and ( 4)  u tilizing universal child and family assessments to improve placement and services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that California had a 38  p ercent increase in suicide deaths in individuals between the ages of 10 and 24 i n the past decade —consistent with national trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

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

Mar 26, 2021 - To the extent such estimates are available in time (such as in the April 1, 2021 i nterim report), DOF has indicated it would consider revisions to the Governor ’s budget proposals as part of the May  Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Feb 4, 2021 - The work group ’s interim report released in October 2020 i dentified several barriers to program participation, including the lack of interagency collaboration between CDE and DHCS, challenging documentation and billing system requirements, a high share of claims being disallowed, and limited state ‑led training and support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4345