The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Additionally, giving districts 60 days to assess students, as opposed to 30 days, would allow TK students more time to adjust to the school setting prior to being screened. Consider Trade-Offs of Setting Service Requirements for Multilingual Learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Under certain conditions, a group may submit a petition to the governing board of the COE, such as a charter school that is seeking to serve students from across the county. Initial authorization may be for a period of up to five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - Among other considerations, this requirement is intended to address concerns from parents who might be reluctant to send their students to a regular classroom setting during the pandemic. A district can meet this requirement by operating its own independent study program, allowing students to transfer to another district that provides independent study, or contracting with its COE to operate a program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Increase in Share of Meals Served in the Paid Category. One reason school nutrition costs have been higher than expected is the change in the category of meal served. Figure 15 shows lunches served by category in 2018 ‑19 compared to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Set More Specific Time Lines Around Accreditation Process. In addition to setting an earlier date for when accreditation would begin, we recommend establishing time lines for key milestones associated with the development of the accreditation process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - To the extent that districts would like to make one ‑time purchases to build their programs, they can do so with these existing funds. We also see no clear justification for requiring 75  percent of one ‑time funds to be set aside solely for arts and music.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - As discussed above, the shift from Tier 2 to Tier 1 comes with increased obligations for the number of students served. Tier 2 districts are obligated to serve only EL/LI students, while Tier  1 districts must serve all students whose parents request placement in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure  13 shows how many funded enrollment slots were moved away from those campuses. It  also shows the nine campuses that gained funded slots under the plan. CSU intends to continue implementing this plan in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - The state could use the one-time funds to build budget resiliency, which seems especially important given the risks of a stock market downturn. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - State Usually Pays Settle Up as Soon as It Recognizes a Higher Guarantee … The state does not officially update its estimate of the guarantee until it adopts the following year ’s budget. If that budget shows a higher estimate, the state typically includes the corresponding settle ‑up payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110