Overview of Special Education Funding Models

Dec 17, 2021 - Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-k-12-and-special-education-funding/ . Kolbe, T. (2021). “State Funding for Special Education: Aligning Policy With Priorities. ” Journal of Special Education Leadership , 34(1), 19-31.
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The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - As   Figure  1 shows, free, reduced, and paid meals generate the same total reimbursement for LEAs. A meal reimbursed by the federal government at the free rate receives the smallest amount of state funds, whereas a meal reimbursed at the paid rate receives the largest amount of state funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Providers must satisfy specified performance metrics in order to receive the 10   percent of the rate model reserved for quality incentive payments. Providers can earn the 10   percent portion of the rate model from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 by enrolling in DDS ’s new Provider Directory.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The selected COE must report and make th eir research, guidance, support, and resources available to the public by June 30, 2027, as well as through widely available and free trainings and convenings for LEAs and teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget included $1  million for school breakfast and summer meal start ‑up and expansion  grants. Governor ’s Proposals Provides $596   Million Augmentation to Fund Universal Meals Implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

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

Feb 15, 2024 - This  results in free, reduced, and paid meals generating the same total reimbursement for schools. Figure  11 shows a school lunch reimbursement example (the combined rate for breakfast is lower). A meal reimbursed by the federal government at the free rate receives the smallest amount of state funds whereas a meal reimbursed at the paid rate receives the largest amount of state funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - California ’s  four ‑year high school graduation rate (86  percent) is similar to the national average. Of  the state ’s graduates, 64  percent enrolled in college after graduating high school. (This is based on 2017 ‑18, the most recent year for which data is available.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - CDE would be required to make the screener and training available to districts at no cost by March  1, 2026. Additionally, CDE would have to expend or encumber the funding provided by June 30, 2028. Requires Use of New Screening Tool by 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Model curricula for these topics is required by Chapter  686 of 2018 (SB  895, Nguyen) and Chapter  614 of 2017 (AB  738, Lim ón). The funds are administered by CDE and are to be split equally across the four model curricula.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2021-22 Budget: Community Schools

Feb 12, 2021 - Grantees are required to spend the funds by September 30, 2022, and report to CDE annually through 2023. Governor ’s Proposal Provides $265   Million One ‑Time Proposition   98 Funding to Establish and Expand Existing Community Schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4367