Budget and Funding

Understand the budgets and funding decisions that support California schools and independent study programs. Explore analyses of state budget proposals, May revisions, Proposition 98, the Local Control Funding Formula, federal education grants, and school finance. Posts explain funding priorities, fiscal pressures, and potential effects on programs and students.

Summary of Changes to Independent Study Law

Summary of Changes to Independent Study Law

The 2021-22 Budget and subsequent clean-up legislation rewrote Independent Study law, leaving school administrators and teachers scrambling to retool long-standing operations in an already stressful start of a school year.

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Senate Budget Plan

Senate Budget Plan

In a hearing of its Budget and Fiscal Review Committee this afternoon, the State Senate revealed its response to the...

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