The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - All six studies concluded the state ’s governance model had fundamental shortcomings and could be improved. The studies also generally agreed on the core problems. Specifically, they identified three main issues: Unclear Lines of Accountability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - The state currently has no specific time line for when the CANS assessment would be fully automated, although DSS shared with the work group a strong commitment to reach full automation within the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Also, like the 2018 ‑19 grants, grantees would have six years to spend their fund awards (aligned with the amount of time a 9th ‑through ‑14th grade cohort of students is to spend in the program). Assessment All Proposals Provide One ‑Time Funding for Ongoing Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in older housing that requires modifications —such as air conditioning or more fire ‑resistant exteriors —to adapt to increased risks. Notably, low ‑income residents also are more likely to live in rental housing, and thus more likely to be reliant on landlords to conduct modifications to their homes to mitigate the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - Community college enrollment has increased in recent years, likely due to several factors including regional demographic growth, rising unemployment, and the expansion of high school dual enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - If these nine campuses continue to see enrollment demand in the next couple of years, but do not receive additional funding to support enrollment growth, they likely will have to turn away more students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Some  factors are likely to drive up unmet demand. For instance, the pandemic likely increased short ‑term demand for teachers, as more teachers left the profession early due to pandemic ‑related working conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The state provides $15  million ongoing for funding intended to improve linkages between CTE programs at schools, community colleges, universities, and local businesses. The state has funded a variety of projects with this funding, including additional partnership academies, online curriculum and resources for CTE courses (CTE Online) administered by Butte COE, a virtual platform
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Overall, our analysis finds that shifting to enrollment ‑based funding would be somewhat more predictable and reduce some administrative burdens for LEAs, but likely would have a negative effect on student attendance over the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Currently, each of these entities collects and maintains data on its students, but the data generally are no t linked across the segments of education (such as from high school to community college).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409