The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The bill required the State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) to establish a multiyear plan for phasing out the use of 14(c) certificates in California. By the end of the multiyear plan (once 14(c) certificates are phased out), any DDS consumers who are employed must be paid at least minimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 5,054 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities Provides additional access to child care services for children under the age of 21 years and with exceptional needs. c  Program is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - In addition, two smaller districts with very high shares of low ‑income transfer students joined the program betwee n 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19. Low ‑Income Students Have Relatively Low Participation. Figure   10 c ompares the share of low ‑income students transferring through the program with the corresponding share among all students who attend a District of Choice or home district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

Evaluation of Cal Grant C Program

Apr 30, 2019 - CSAC has already initiated the 2019 ‑20 Cal  Grant  C award cycle, so we recommend beginning the phase out in 2020 ‑21. We estimate the state could offer approximately 2, 000 n ew competitive awards in 2020 ‑21, raising the total number of new competitive awards from the existing statutory level of 25, 750 t o 27,750.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4020

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Despite these challenges, however, many schools are likely to opt into the program to maximize the amount of funding they receive from the state, particularly since schools have no requirements as a conditio n of receiving the funding until 2029 ‑30.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - As set forth in the State Constitution, an attendance decline does not reduce the guarantee unless attendance has declined in the two previous years. c As set forth in the State Constitution, reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent. d Includes adjustments to the previous year ’s maintenance factor for growth in per capita personal income and K ‑12 attendance as required by the State Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - In addition, residential building permits increased from 101, 000 i n 2016 t o 113, 000 i n 2017 and are on pace to be above 2017 l evels thus far in 2018. Though higher property tax revenue would not affect the minimum guarantee, it would reduce General Fund spending required to meet the minimum guarantee dollar for dollar.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 24, 2020 - Specifically, we analyze his proposals for ( 1)  t he Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), ( 2)  s pecial education, ( 3)  t he education workforce, ( 4)  c losing achievement gaps, and ( 5)  c hild nutrition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4174

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - At a minimum, we recommend the state technical assistance be available to assist schools with ( 1)  c onducting a community needs assessment, ( 2)  i mproving community engagement, ( 3)  c reating community partnerships, and ( 4)  d eveloping sustainable funding sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367