The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Chapter  15 of 2024 (AB  2268, Muratsuchi) eliminated the requirement for districts to assess English proficiency for all TK students beginning in 2024-25. This was intended to address concerns that the current ELPAC assessment was not developmentally appropriate for younger TK students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - This post provides background on various special education programs, describes the Governor's proposals related to these topics, and offers associated recommendations and issues for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

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

Sep 16, 2024 - As required by Chapter  671 of 2023 (AB  934, Muratsuchi), the budget includes $900,000 one time to develop a public awareness campaign that highlights the benefits of educational careers in California ’s public schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes $11.7  million one-time General Fund to trial courts for the implementation of the Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020 (Chapter  37 of 2020 [AB  3088, Chiu]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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