This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. [Ballot]

Mar 25, 2025 - The state adopted the current science standards in 2013. The standards cover a broad range of science concepts in each grade level, including the use of natural resources, the impact of human activity on the environment, and global climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Nov 2, 2023 - Most of the funding provided by the federal government supports three main activities: (1)  serving meals to low-income students (primarily through the National School Lunch Program), (2)  providing academic support and other services at low-income schools, and (3)  educating students with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-026

Proposition 28 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - The state requires students to complete certain core academic subjects, such as English, history/social science, mathematics, and science. The state also requires students complete one year of either (1)  visual or performing arts, (2)  a foreign language, or (3)  career technical education (CTE).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=28&year=2022

Statutory initiative that would establish a statewide vote to express the intent of California voters to seek independence from the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jan 8, 2025 - If approved, this measure would have the following fiscal effects: Around $10 million dollars in one-time election-related costs and to form the new commission on national sovereignty and independence.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2024-001

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - The state sets minimum course completion requirements in order for students to graduate from public high schools. At the discretion of local governing boards, schools may add other requirements for high school graduation.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - For example, the law requires school district students to take standardized tests in several subjects, specifies the courses that students must complete to earn a high school diploma, and specifies the reasons a district may suspend or expel a student.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

Environmental Sustainability Education in Schools (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Apr 20, 2021 - Background State Has Adopted Science Standards. The state has adopted academic content standards that describe what students are expected to know by the end of each grade in each subject. The state adopted the current science standards in 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-002

California Children’s Services (CCS) program. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2023 - State law also requires DHCS to keep abreast of advances in medical sciences and consider whether to add qualifying diseases or services. Before changing its formal rules and guidance, DHCS must undertake a process to notify stakeholders.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

General obligation bonds for various natural resources-related programs and projects. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Recent research from the National Institute of Building Sciences found that undertaking certain prevention activities ahead of time can reduce the impacts from and costs associated with natural disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-005

Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Over the last seve ral decades, oil extraction has been declining at a rate of about 2 percent to 3  percent per year, although the amount of oil extracted can vary considerably between years. California ’s current level of oil extraction represents a 66  percent decline from when it peaked in 1985.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014