Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 2021 - The District of Choice program is one of several laws allowing students to transfer from one school district to another school district. The program is scheduled to sunset on July 1, 2023. This evaluation, prepared at the request of the Legislature, assesses recent trends in the program and provides our recommendations regarding reauthorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4329

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - I n 2 014 ‑15, low ‑income students transferred at onl y 4 0  p ercent of the rate of their higher ‑income peers. As a further comparison, we examined the share of low ‑income students transferring through the interdistrict permit system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - (For  example, with special education funding that is transferred to school districts and certain local property tax transferred to trial courts.) In addition, COEs conduct a wide range of activities with LCFF —their primary state funding source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding

Mar 6, 2020 - In 2004 ‑05, the state began directing county auditors to use funding in ERAF to reimburse cities and counties for a reduction in their Vehicle License Fee (VLF) revenue. (The VLF is a tax on vehicle ownership and a longstanding source of revenue for cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4193

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

Feb 15, 2024 - In this report, we assess the architecture of the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and analyze his major proposals for K-12 education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

State Budget Effects of Recent Federal Actions to Address COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020 - For example, if both the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County request funds, the city will receive funding based on its population and the county will receive funding based on its population excluding the city ’s population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4217

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The  administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding transfers, both between state funds and from the federal government) are $13.6  billion higher across the three ‑year budget window compared to our estimates in November.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - A 2020 survey of 200 California school districts conducted by the Center for Cities + Schools at the University of California Berkeley found that more than half of responding districts (53  percent) fell into this latter category, while 31  percent reported high levels of scratch cooking, and 16  percent reporting little or no scratch cooking.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

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

Mar 26, 2021 - This platform transfers student ‑level course, grade, and certain other data files (such as degrees earned) electronically across California ’s higher education segments. Most of these electronic transcripts are for community college students applying for transfer admission to CSU or the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - Specifically, the budget package included intent language that the data system “create direct support tools for teachers, parents, advisors, and students ” and have the ability to “transfer high school pupil educational records to postsecondary educational institutions. ” The final work group report released in June 2021 included a recommendation to expand CCGI to school
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553