Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - When we examined individual districts with at leas t 5 0 t ransfer students, the share of female students ranged fro m 4 0  p ercent t o 6 0  p ercent. These results are similar to our previous findings based o n 2 014 ‑ 15 d ata.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In practical terms, this approach means being cautious about new commitments; building reserves and other buffers to protect existing school programs; and identifying proposals tha t the Legislature would be willing to delay, reduce, or reject.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - In addition, the Legislature could require LEAs to offer absent students access to additional instructional support outside of t he school day, similar to what they might currently receive through attendance recovery programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - During times when school districts have constrained budgets and need to reduce programs, this may result in LEAs prioritizing community schools spending and making reductions in other areas (such as math tutoring), even if they believe t hese other activities would be more beneficial for  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Additionally, trailer legislation requires the administration of the program and remaining unspent funds t o be transferred from CDE to CTC on July 1, 2027. Expands the Literacy Coaches and Reading Specialists Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, the federal government reimburses schools up to $4.54 for lunches served at the free rate and up to 53 cents for lunches served at the paid rate. Federal meal reimbursement rates receive an annual cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) based on a federal price index that reflects changes in the costs of meals purchased away from home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - As Figure  1 shows, almost 3  p ercent of the teacher workforce (about 8, 700 t eachers) had an emergency credential in 2018 ‑19. The share of teachers on emergency credentials has risen every year since 2009 ‑10, when the demand for teachers was low.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

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

Mar 26, 2021 - Currently, each of these entities collects and maintains data on its students, but the data generally are no t linked across the segments of education (such as from high school to community college).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Trailer legislation specifies that the needs assessmen t and block grant expenditures must be included in Local Control and Accountability Plans from 2025 ‑26 through 2027 ‑28. Moreover, planned block grant expenditures must be connected to the needs assessment and associated with at least one metric to monitor the effect of the expense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Of this amount, $53  million is associated with the anticipated shortfall in 2023 ‑24 that is expected to carry forward into 2024 ‑25. The  remainder of the growth ($69  million) is primarily attributed to the anticipated federal COLA that would increase the state contribution for meals at the paid rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839