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

Mar 10, 2023 - December 2026. a a School districts that do not submit a final expenditure report must return all funding to the state. Limited Information Regarding How Much State Funding Has Been Spent. Given that most of the one-time state programs do not yet have expenditure reports available or were just recently enacted, the state will not know for some time how funding has been spent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - As Figure  6 shows, the ELOP implementing legislation established two funding rates that account for TK ‑6 attendance and vary based on the proportion of a school district or charter school ’s students who are English learners or from low ‑income families (EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Even if these changes do not automatically solve the state ’s other longstanding education challenges, they would allow theLegislature to set goals and mon
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Similar to this proposed maneuver, these tools create long ‑term obligations in exchange for short ‑term budgetary relief and some do so by creating discrepancies between cash and budget documents. However, this particular maneuver is new and sets a problematic precedent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Other Revenue Do not require a local match or parent fees. Districts can choose to do so to increase access or improve program. As required under the After School Education and Safety program, fees must be waived for low ‑income students, foster youth, and homeless youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

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

Feb 16, 2023 - State law requires schools to provide instruction in visual and performing arts (including music) to all students in grades 1 through 6. State law also requires schools to offer such courses in grades 7 and 8 as electives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Most notably, the state provides $4  billion annually through ELOP for school districts and charter schools to offer programming to students in TK through grade 6. ELOP grants are distributed to all districts and classroom ‑based charter schools that serve grades TK ‑6.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Figure  6 summarizes the usual schedule for these revisions and settle ‑up payments. From an accounting perspective, settle ‑up payments are always scored to the year in which the guarantee increased, rather than to the year the state disburses the payment to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Although this assumption provides a baseline, we do not think it reflects how students would react to the end of the program. District administrators often told us students and parents had strong feelings about transferring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329