The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - A district that has constrained facilities or challenges hiring TK teachers, but could more easily hire instructional aides, likely would find the first option more  feasible. Governor ’s Proposed Add ‑On Likely Higher Than Costs of Requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Several signs suggest the stock market is overvalued, and a significant drop most likely would reduce state revenues by tens of billions of dollars. The state, however, cannot predict the timing of such a decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Like other state offices, the SPI can serve up to two terms. The SPI ’s primary responsibility is managing CDE (described below). The law also makes the SPI a nonvoting “executive officer ” of the SBE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The ELPAC assesses English proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in line with the English language development standards for each grade level adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Given that only 23  percent of school districts reported having enough TK teachers, dropping to the lower ratio likely will make implementation more  challenging. Recommend Rejecting Additional Staffing Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Assessment Demand for Arts and Music Teachers Likely Increased in Recent Years. Given the passage of Proposition  28, schools likely will be expanding arts and music programs over the next few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $20  million for the Sacramento COE to award competitive grants to LEAs participating in the first three fee schedule cohorts of the CYBHI school-linked statewide fee schedule. This schedule was developed by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as part of the CYBHI to standardize reimbursement rates for behavioral health services provided to children
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Many districts likely would submit funding applications with each agency, and both agencies likely would incur additional workload to coordinate their grant awards and ensure districts receive one grant per bus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

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

Sep 16, 2024 - Furthermor e, student attendance generated through participation in attendance recovery programs cannot exceed the number of days a student is absent throughout an academic year, up to a maximum of ten days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Overall, our analysis finds that shifting to enrollment ‑based funding would be somewhat more predictable and reduce some administrative burdens for LEAs, but likely would have a negative effect on student attendance over the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100