Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, design standards and siting requirements for new schools will need to consider the increased potential of future flooding from rising sea levels rather than relying solely on historic trends to assess a location ’s flood risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - At this pace, the state would have taken 12 years to finish selling Proposition   51 b onds. This slow pace of sales was despite a growing backlog of school facility applications. Considerable Local Bond Funding Is Available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - Account for differences in serving foster youth across the state, providing more funding to Special Education Local Plan Areas serving students with more educational needs. Understandable Formula. Be easy to understand, simple, and straightforward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - As noted on the homepage of this series, the CalSTRS board voted in June 2016—after we published this series—to maintain the state’s contribution at its fully phased-in level until the state’s share of CalSTRS’ unfunded liabilities is eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - As Figure 1 shows, about $2 billion in federal funds was used in combination to state funds to support the Expanded Learning Opportunities Grant (ELOG), with program rules and allowable expenditures set by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Additionally, LEAs must set aside 10  percent of their apportionments to hire paraprofessionals, such as instructional aides, to provide supplemental support and instruction through the duration of the grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Establish Set of COE ‑Specific Outcome Metrics. We recommend that state reporting requirements for these schools include academic performance data that measure how well they serve short ‑term students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Set More Specific Time Lines Around Accreditation Process. In addition to setting an earlier date for when accreditation would begin, we recommend establishing time lines for key milestones associated with the development of the accreditation process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Because California does not identify and serve all eligible children, it may treat similar children dissimilarly, serving some children with specific developmental challenges but not serving others with the exact same challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Many school districts set their minimum graduation requirements to match the course requirements for admission to the state’s public universities, which require one year of visual and performing arts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688