The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Fellows spend 11.5 months working full ‑time for the city and are paid a yearly salary of $69,000 to $107,000. Other fellowship programs in the state also pay more but require a master ’s degree or past work experience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - We recommend making several modifications to the math coach proposal that would help ensure the funds are being used in a way that is most effective. Specifically, we recommend the Legislature adopt the following changes to the proposal: Limit grant eligibility to elementary schools, which would align funding with the research on coaches suggesting that this is where the state is likely to see the greatest  improvements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Districts are eligible to receive funding for schools where at least 90  percent of students are EL/LI (rural schools qualify if at least 75  percent of students are EL/LI). In addition, the Governor proposes $235  million to support literacy programs, coaches, and interventions at schools where at least 94  percent of students are EL/LI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding

Mar 6, 2020 - The State Constitution requires the proceeds of the property tax to be allocated among the local agencies in the county where the revenue is collected. Recipients of property tax revenue include cities, counties, special districts, K ‑12 schools, and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4193

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - This  variability makes it difficult for districts to make long ‑term decisions about what level of staffing and programming they will be able to afford, even if they can accurately predict how many EL/LI students they are likely to serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Costs for cities and counties might include adding drainage to roads to manage more intense rain events, or modifying water treatment plants located along the coast to accommodate higher sea levels. …And Private Residents and Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

State Budget Effects of Recent Federal Actions to Address COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020 - Figure 1 Funding Available to California in the Coronavirus Relief Fund (In Millions) Total Funding to California $15,321.3 Treasury guidance indicates that in cases where an eligible city overlaps with an eligible county, the county ’s payment amount will be correspondingly adjusted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4217

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - For kitchen infrastructure funding, most LEAs requested funding to purchase cooking equipment and make associated facility upgrades (91  percent), followed by service equipment (88  percent) —such as mobile carts —and refrigeration and storage (88  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Over the past decade, there have been a few cases where fraudulent activity or misuse of public funds were found in nonclassroom ‑based charter schools. One  notable recent case is related to the A3 charter school network, where the schools were found to have fabricated attendance data that resulted in generating roughly $400  million in state funding through attendance fraud.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870