Overview of Special Education Funding Models

Dec 17, 2021 - Census ‑Based Model Avoids Adverse Fiscal Incentives While Being Easy to Understand... The primary benefit of a census ‑based model is its ability to avoid encouraging schools to overidentify students for special education to generate additional funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4486

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - This model would ( 1)  a ccount for differences in foster youth enrollment by SELPAs, ( 2)  b e easy to understand, ( 3)  u se reliable and easily updated data, and ( 4)  a void any inappropriate fiscal incentives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - On a net basis, these items slightly improve the budget’s bottom line. Neither our November estimates nor the administration ’s estimates included any costs associated with the devastating wildfires in Southern California, as both were developed before those wildfires began.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - When a family ’s insurance network does not provide easy access to a specified early intervention provider (as is frequently the case), regional centers pay for these services with state funding. In Some Cases, Schools Provide Services Under Regional Center Contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728

The 2021-22 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Simultaneously, data on new applications for safety net programs, like Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh, in the first few months of 2020 ‑21 show that new applications for these programs have been below 2019 ‑ 20 l evels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4297

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Partially offsetting this increase, baseline costs associated with the state ’s major safety net programs are lower by $3.7  billion. Total Reserves Would Reach Nearly $20  Billion Under Governor ’s May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Nov 19, 2025 - For 2026 ‑27, we estimate a 2.9   percent increase in funded full ‑time equivalent students, reflecting the net effect of enrollment growth and other enrollment adjustments. Community college enrollment has increased in recent years, likely due to several factors including regional demographic growth, rising unemployment, and the expansion of high school dual enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - Given most school districts collectively bargain teacher salaries and teachers have a longstanding tradition of a single salary schedule, the state presumably has no easy way of encouraging higher pay in its perennial shortage areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - This is primarily the result of early legislative action, including adopting $5.7  billion in a variety of revenue reductions —such as the restoration of net operating loss deductions —and $2.7  billion for rental assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598