The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - This is because prior ‑year taxes usually have been filed and associated revenues collected by April of any given year. Due to the state conforming to federal tax filing extensions, however, the Legislature only gained a complete picture of 2022 ‑23 tax collections late in 2023 —after the fiscal year already ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - (For  example, with special education funding that is transferred to school districts and certain local property tax transferred to trial courts.) In addition, COEs conduct a wide range of activities with LCFF —their primary state funding source.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

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

Feb 29, 2024 - A  dependent charter school also commonly has its expenditure data integrated within the authorizer ’s data, not reported separately. Conversely, “independent ” charter schools report their expenditure data separately from their authorizers and are likely to  be  directly  funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Beginning in 2022 ‑23, the budget included provisional language requiring DOF to augment the appropriation for school nutrition if expenditures are projected to exceed the amount available. CDE is to report to the administration and Legislature on or before January 20 whether the amount included in the budget is sufficient to address these costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839