The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Reading intervention involves pulling out a student from a general education class to receive reading content in a separate setting or instruction in a separate specialized reading class. All teachers with a multiple subject teaching credential (required to be an elementary school teacher) or a single subject teaching credential in English (required to teach middle or high sch ool English) are authorized to provide reading intervention services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

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

Mar 10, 2023 - Remaining funding allocated based on 2020 ‑21 Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) apportionments. 4.6 b Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant Funds may be used for instructional materials and professional development related to school climate (such as training on de ‑escalation strategies) and various academic subject areas, including visual and performing arts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Beginning in 2021 ‑22, districts can no longer collectively bargain larger class sizes for TK and must maintain average TK class sizes of 24 or less. (Charter schools receive the K ‑3 adjustment and are exempt from the class size requirement in grades K ‑3, but must comply with the requirement for TK.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - These funds are intended to support teachers who are pursuing computer science supplementary authorizations that allow them to teach computer science classes. The program provides school districts with grants of up to $2,500 per participating teacher, with a dollar-for-dollar match requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Moreover, the cost of this maneuver would be outsi de of funding for schools and community colleges. All other state General Fund programs would bear these costs. Sets a Problematic Precedent. While borrowing to finance a year ‑end deficit is unconstitutional, the state is permitted to shift its own funds and costs —that is, to internally borrow —to balance the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - COEs could de scribe the courses that students can access, including career technical education courses, or A ‑G courses. COEs could also describe whether they partner with a community college to provide access to dual enrollment for students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Additionally, the Legislature could clarify whether the de partment plans to resubmit its Stage  2 document, which would include market research on the best IT solution to meet the additional needs identified by stakeholders and an updated cost  estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement also included a new class size requirement for TK —specifically , requiring that school districts maintain an average TK classroom enrollment of no more than 24 students at each school site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - On the one hand, the administration projects that the number of high school graduates will decrease by 3 percent, leading potentially to a decrease in the incoming freshman class for fall 2025. On the other hand, recent upward trends in new transfer students and continuing students could persist into the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Nov 10, 2025 - An instance of a teacher shortage is defined as a course or class assignm ent that is not permanently filled as of census day (typically the first week in October), not filled by a fully credentialed teacher, or not filled by a teacher who is appropriately assigned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087