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Declining Enrollment in California Schools: Fiscal Challenges and Opportunities in the Coming Decade
February 2020
Statewide K–12 enrollment is projected to fall 7% over the next 10 years. Districts with declining enrollment face fiscal pressures, as state funding is tied…
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California’s Future: K-12 Education January 2020
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Video: College Eligibility for the University of California February 14 2020
Video: Countdown to Census 2020 February 12 2020
Making Progress on Connecting Student Data across California January 28 2020
Video: A Conversation with Leon Panetta January 22 2020Events
February 27, 2020
Fiscal Challenges of Declining Enrollment in California Schools
February 7, 2020
College Eligibility for the University of California
February 3, 2020
Countdown to Census 2020
November 20, 2019
Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
PPIC Experts
Niu Gao
Laura Hill
Hans Johnson
Julien Lafortune
Paul Warren
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BY THE NUMBERSState funding has risen from recession lows and is now close to the national average
After increasing steadily over the past eight years, California’s K–12 spending averaged $12,143 per student in 2017—only $62 less than the average amount in the rest of the nation.
