Narrowing California’s K-12 Student Achievement Gaps

Jan 31, 2020 - Similar achievement gaps can be observed between students with and without disabilities and students who do and do not come from low ‑income families. Legislature Established Achievement Gap Work Group and Required Report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4144

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - CTEIG applications are reviewed by CDE, with final approvals made by the State Board of Education. For K ‑12 SWP, funding is allocated from the California Community Colleges Chancellor ’s Office to eight SWP regional consortia based on each region ’s unemployment rate, share of statewide attendance in grades 7 ‑12, and share of projected job openings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Computer Science Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - In 2018 ‑19, 40  percent of students met or exceeded standards in math, while 51  percent met or exceeded standards in English. In 2013, the state also adopted new standards for science. In 2018 ‑19, the first year students were tested based on the new science standards, only 30  percent of test takers met or exceeded standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4198

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In addition, some of the funding that has already been set aside could become available in 2025 ‑26 if a significant number of awardees do not complete the National Board certification process and/or do not work in a priority school for the maximum five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Evidence suggests that many prospective teachers do not know about these waivers. For example, even though initial credential fee waivers were available in 2021 ‑22, many new teachers submitted paper applications and payments by mail.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Update on State and School District Reserves

Apr 5, 2020 - How Much in Reserves Do Schools Hold? At the end of the 2018 ‑19 fiscal year, districts held a total of $12.8  billion in unrestricted reserves. This level represents 17  percent of district spending in that year —enough to cover about two months of expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4216

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Figure 15 shows lunches served by category in 2018 ‑19 compared to 2022 ‑23. Although the total number of lunches served was relatively stable, schools served 78  million more lunches in the paid category in 2022 ‑23 compared to 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Betwee n 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, 13 o f these districts left the program and 9 n ew districts joined the program. This turnover occurred mainly among small districts. In bot h 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, the same five large districts accounted for most of the participating students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - In the final section, we identify some ways the Legislature could help school districts address their cost pressures moving forward. The primary objective of this report is to provide the Legislature with important context as it builds the 2020 ‑21 state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - For 2025 ‑26, the Governor ’s budget provides $1.1  billion to fund the additional students anticipated in the final year of TK expansion. The budget assumes that the statewide attendance for TK students will be 229,200 in 2025 ‑26, an increase of 60,000 (37  percent) compared with attendance in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968