The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - The work group should be tasked with identifying gaps in mental health services for children, barriers to coordinating services, best practices for interagency collaboration (including the use of interagency agreements, memorandums of underst anding, and joint local task forces), sustainable revenue sources (including whether ongoing Proposition  98 funds are needed), and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The administration ind icates it plans to modify this part of the proposal in the May Revision and may allow funds to be used for a broader set of activities related to community  schools. Effects of Community Schools Model Research Finds Benefits to Community Schools Model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - Collecting data and conducting program evaluations. a The local match can be met either through cash contributions or through services or resources of comparable value, as determined by the California Department of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Grantees that receive funding from both programs must set aside local matching funds for each program, as funding from one program cannot be counted as a local match for the other. (Both programs allow grantees to use other CTE categorical funding as a local match.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - However, based on our analysis, the $5,000 teachers receive under the current grants —$2,500 from the state and $2,500 from the district match —are sufficient to cover the costs of obtaining an authorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The budget also provides $255,000 one time for higher lease costs related to the commission ’s relocation and $182,000 ongoing and two positions to support additional workload in the Division of Professional Practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - If districts ’ current practices are primarily driven by collective bargaining agreements, assistance from a PMAT is unlikely to change district practices. Fee Waivers Unlikely to Address Teacher Shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - In practical terms, this approach means being cautious about new commitments; building reserves and other buffers to protect existing school programs; and identifying proposals tha t the Legislature would be willing to delay, reduce, or reject.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - This approach could help LEAs reflect on their current practices and identify ways to make them more effective. The  state could prioritize grant funding for LEAs with the highest rates of chronic absenteeism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a condition of receiving CCDF, the state must comply with a number of requirements, such as providing some matching funding as well as spending at least 12 percent of CCDF funds on quality improvement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168