The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Paid internships allow DDS to pay the wages of and provide job coaches to consumers (either individually or in groups) placed short ‑term in a community employment setting. Tailored day services help consumers develop skills for employment through customized training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Ongoing spending increases can help districts address longer ‑term challenges and state priorities, sustain new programs, and cover their ongoing cost pressures. Conversely, one ‑time funds can help districts cover one ‑time expenses and pay for starting up programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - This would help Fellows, some of the lowest ‑paid state workers, afford the rising cost of living and potentially help to preserve an important pipeline into state government careers. Though a 10  percent increase is slightly above the current salary amount adjusted for the CA CPI, this increase is intended to also help make the program more accessible and keep the program competitive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Providing more funding for literacy coaches would help further advance an initiative the state has already funded. Providing more funding for math coaches woul d help the state begin to establish coaches in high ‑poverty schools and provide more individuals with access to training that will prepare them to become math coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposal would provide districts a developmentally appropriate tool to help identify TK students who would benefit from additional English development support. Better identifying these students could help districts target early intervention services to help them gain English proficiency more quickly and improve their academi c outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - This additional data would help the Legislature determine whether to continue to dedicate resources to a specific priority, or if sufficient progress has been made such that the state could direct funding toward other priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Other allowable uses of the funds include paying for field trips and student conferences. Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP). The state provides $4.9  million ongoing for SSP to encourage high schools to create curriculum and pilot programs in specialized fields, such as technology and the performing arts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In the coming weeks, the California Department of Education will have preliminary attendance data for the current year that will help th e Legislature determine whether or not the state is on target to meet the Governor ’s budget assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - The budget includes an associated $435  million Proposition  98 General Fund increase to ELOP, which is intended to pay for the increased Tier 1 costs without reducing the rate for districts in Tier 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977