The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - As a result, existing partnerships are better positioned to apply for the matching funds. Number of Projects Likely to Receive Matching Funds Is Uncertain. Because the proposal requires CDE to match eligible projects dollar for dollar, a handful of large counties with high ‑cost projects could receive the matching grants and entirely exhaust all available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - This process allows the state to request a 90   percent match in federal funding (rather than California ’s standard 50   percent match) to develop IT systems that enable the state to more efficiently administer Medicaid benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - However, based on our analysis, the $5,000 teachers receive under the current grants —$2,500 from the state and $2,500 from the district match —are sufficient to cover the costs of obtaining an authorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a condition of receiving CCDF, the state must comply with a number of requirements, such as providing some matching funding as well as spending at least 12 percent of CCDF funds on quality improvement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - 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 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - In aligning funding and program requirements, the Legislature may also want to consider setting expectations for whether districts should contribute a local match or charge parent fees. Requiring a local match or parent fees could affect decisions regarding the appropriate level of state funding and minimum program requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

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

Sep 16, 2024 - The rate for all other districts and charter schools varies by year, depending on the amount of funding remaining. (This rate was $1,803 per student in 2023 ‑24.) Trailer legislation changes several rules related to ELOP funding: Unspent ELOP funds from 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 must be used to increase 2024 ‑25 rates for lower-funded districts and charter schools, not to exceed $2,000 per student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - This issue is less of a concern today. Over the past few years, admission rates have increased at nearly all CSU campuses. Sixteen campuses had freshman admission rates of 90 percent or higher in fall 2024, compared to only three campuses in fall 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - State law sets a state rate for free meals, which supplements the federal rate for free meals. For paid and reduced ‑priced meals, the state provides funds to match the combined state and federal rate for free meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001