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

Feb 16, 2023 - Proposition  28 requires the principal of a school site (or the program director of a preschool) to develop a plan for spending the funding they receive. The  principal or program director would determine how to expand a site ’s arts instruction and/or  programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - As with the one ‑time grants, LEAs would be allowed to keep the lesser of $500,000 or 10  percent of the total allocation for their eligible community schools to support coordination activities across school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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 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

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Capacity and Demand for Serving Freshly Prepared On ‑Site Meals Unclear. The state has little information on the existing capacity or interest level of LEAs to serve freshly prepared on ‑site meals. Roughly half of LEAs that received the second round of KIT funds opted into receiving funds specifically for implementing freshly prepared on ‑site
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - LEAs may use these funds 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/4641

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - To receive this adjustment, districts must maintain average TK through third grade class sizes of 24 students or fewer for each of their school sites —unless the district has a collective bargaining agreement for a larger class size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - As part of this process, six regional supervisors conduct on ‑site reviews and provide ongoing technical assistance to grantees. In 2024 ‑25, CDE awarded grants to 232 school districts. Funds typically are used by grant recipients for instructional equipment and supplies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - (One exception: districts are required to report the number of students enrolled in ELOP programs that are served at third ‑party, off ‑site locations.) Chapter  1003 of 2024 (A B  1113 , McCarty) requires the California Department of Education to collect, starting in 2025 ‑26, enrollment in each of the state ’s three expanded learning programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - The Superintendent of Public Instruction is to develop a formula for allocating funds that takes into consideration the number of applicable school sites, and enrollment in those school sites, in each county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818