The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Of the total amount provided, $15 million was from federal IDEA funding and restricted to special education teacher candidates. 516.5 National Board Certified Teacher Certification Incentive Program 2021 ‑22 Provides financial awards to teachers holding National Board certifications who teach at schools at least 55 percent of students are EL/LI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Certificated Teachers. Students must work under the general supervision of certificated teachers. State law also specifies that only certificated teachers may evaluate the seat ‑time equivalent of an independent study student ’s work for the purposes of generating average daily attendance (ADA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s 2025-26 educator workforce proposals and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5012

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Other Ongoing CTE Programs California Partnership Academies. The state provides $21  million ongoing to high schools to operate small learning communities that integrate a career theme with academic education in grades 10 through 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2017-18 Budget: Bus Driver Training Program

Mar 10, 2017 - The department holds the courses at the West Sacramento CHP Academy. To enroll in the instructor program, a person already must be a certified California school bus driver. Typically, school districts sponsor drivers to participate in the training progr am.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3614

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - CDE would be required to make the screener and training available to districts at no cost by March  1, 2026. Additionally, CDE would have to expend or encumber the funding provided by June 30, 2028. Requires Use of New Screening Tool by 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

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

Sep 16, 2024 - Lastly, the Califor nia Department of Education (CDE) is to develop an electronic form by November 1, 2025 that can be used to determine whether a student generates supplemental and/or concentration funding under LCFF, as well as eligibility for the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, and the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - For the prior year, the state finalizes its calculation through a process known as “certification. ” Certification involves the publication of the underlying Proposition   98 inputs and a period for public comment and review.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

A Historical Review of Proposition 98

Jan 18, 2017 - Certification Has Happened a Few Times. Though the law is designed such that certification is to occur annually, the state agencies responsible for certification rarely have agreed on all aspects of the Proposition  98 calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3526

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - The proposal does not involve any changes to certification —the statutory mechanism for ensuring the final spending level meets or exceeds the guarantee. For the state, delaying the payment would reduce costs in this year ’s budget but increase costs in the June 2026 budget if the guarantee does not drop.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963