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

Feb 16, 2023 - In high school, students may take an arts course to earn their high school diploma. The state requires students to complete one year of either (1) visual or performing arts, (2) a foreign language, or (3) career technical education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - Recommendations Consider Benefits and Trade ‑Offs of Elementary Arts and Music Education Authorization. The proposed elementary arts and music education authorization may make it easier for schools to hire arts and music teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Facilities in that category do support instruction in physical education, music, theater, and other programs. Nonetheless, they differ from the instructional spaces the state has traditionally prioritized for bon d funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Students in the program then take a mix of high school and community college courses that lead both to a high school diploma and a “no cost ” associate degree in a designated science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) field (including manufacturing and information technology).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Figure  3 shows the 3.6  percent increase will raise grants for all AU sizes in high-cost counties to between 45  percent and 49  percent of the FPL for a family one person larger than the AU size, and to slightly lower levels for families in lower-cost counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

2025 Update: Tech Company Stock Pay Accounts for One-Quarter of Withholding Growth So Far in 2025-26 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 3, 2025 - Including California ’s other large technology firms, the state ’s tech companies make up more than 60 percent of the total value of the Nasdaq 100 index, a list of the 100 most valuable companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/843

2025 Update: Tech Company Stock Pay Accounts for One-Quarter of Withholding Growth So Far in 2025-26 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 3, 2025 - Including California ’s other large technology firms, the state ’s tech companies make up more than 60 percent of the total value of the Nasdaq 100 index, a list of the 100 most valuable companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/843

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Such goals could include living in an apartment, getting and maintaining a job, and participating in music or art classes. Quality Incentive Payments in Place Since 2025. The final phase of rate reform has been implemented since January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - However, across counties, county ‑level CalWORKs participation rates (among families with children) varied from under 3  percent in certain counties (such as San Mateo, Placer, and Marin Counties) to over 20  percent in other counties (such as Del Norte and Imperial  Counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - (The state provided $3  billion in one-time funding for the program last year.) Trailer legislation also makes several programmatic changes. Most notably, trailer legislation eliminates coordination grants for LEAs and instead allows them to retain the lesser of $500,000 or 10  percent of total implementation grants awarded to their school sites each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641