California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Until 2011 ‑12, the state General Fund and counties shared significant portions of the nonfederal costs of administering child welfare programs. In 2011, the state enacted legislation and the voters adopted constitutional amendments (in 2012) known as 2011 realignment, which gave counties fiscal responsibility for child welfare.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - On the other hand, directing more funding for math coaches would help the state begin to establish additional support for math instruction, similar to what the state has done in literacy over the past several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Over the next eight years, growth rates fluctuated between 3  percent and 8  percent, until reaching a peak growth rate of 10.2  percent and 10.4  percent in 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively. Caseload growth then hovered between 4.5  percent and 8  percent for the next six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - In California, nurse midwives earn about 60  p ercent of what OB ‑GYNs earn. In part, this likely is due to the lower costs of training a nurse midwife compared to an OB ‑GYN, as well as different demands for their respective skill sets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposal also would allow parents or guardians of TK students to opt out of the screening. Assessment Developing a Screening Tool for TK Students Likely Beneficial. The Governor ’s proposal is a reasonable starting point for addressing the lack of English proficiency screening for TK students after the enactment of Chapter  15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The growth adjustment would be based on the growth of 2011 realignment revenue provided to the counties. Because the 2011 realignment shifted responsibility for various correctional populations from the state to the counties, it also shifted a portion of sales tax revenue to counties to support this workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Other net changes a 916 — Net effect of all other changes across programs, including caseload changes and estimated increases in county and federal expenditures under 2011 realignment. Totals $1,075 $105 CWS ‑CARES = Child Welfare Services ‑California Automated Response and Engagement System; OTSI = Office of Technology and Solutions Integration; BH ‑CONNECT = Behavioral Health
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - What Can the Legislature Expect Next? As discussed, CDSS indicated it intends to begin the pilot planning process in the coming months. The Legislature could consider asking the following key questions of the administration: What next steps does the administration intend to take in pilot planning and implementation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s 2025-26 educator workforce proposals and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - To balance the 2024-25 budget, the state authorized reductions in most agencies ’ state operations funding. Specifically, most agencies were subject to reductions of up to 7.95  percent, in addition to having certain vacant positions eliminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035