Declining enrollment and attendance rates, the expiration of one-time dollars, marginal cost-of-living adjustments, and statewide fiscal uncertainty create the perfect financial cliff for the 2024-25 school year and will trigger many local educational agencies needing to execute

The 2025-26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is the second year of the latest three-year cycle. While there will be no changes to the template itself, year two will usher in additional changes to the content , with the inclusion of Learning Recovery Emergency Block

In January, Governor Gavin Newsom will release his 2025-26 State Budget, which—as his penultimate proposal as the state’s chief executive officer—will likely include . . .

State revenues have been quite tumultuous over the last few years and projections for 2023-24 were reduced quite significantly due to lower-than-expected tax receipts. Although state tax collections are outpacing projections in 2024-25, local educational agencies are still . . .