ELO-P Updates
May 2025

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SB-153 the “Education Omnibus Budget Trailer Bill” for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year (FY) was signed into law on June 29, 2024 resulting in several impacts to Expanded Learning. Since the passage of this budget trailer bill the California Department of Education (CDE) has been working to provide additional guidance and instructions to districts on various topics including:

  • Attendance Recovery
  • ELO-P Expenditure Deadlines & Reporting
  • Returned Funds & FY 2024-25 Rate 2 Increases

This post will provide high level updates and access to additional resources.

Attendance Recovery

Beging in FY 2025-26 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) may opt to run an Attendance Recovery program to  recover instructional time and funding due to student absences. LEAs running AR may choose to use ELO-P funding to run Attendance Recovery concurrently with their other ELO-P offerings. If they do so other considerations apply. Important things to note:

  • This program is optional for LEAs to run and voluntary for students to participate in (i.e. they must opt in).
  • A certificated LEA employee must provide immediate supervision for AR.
  • The curriculum must be substantialy quivalent to the regular school day instruction and aligned with grade-level standards.
  • Students can make up a maximum of 10 days in a school year or the student’s total absences for the year, whichever is less.

If an LEA opts to run AR in conjunction with ELO-P:

  • ELO-P and AR must be offered concurrently. Students who participate in Attendance Recovery cannot be excluded from participating in other ELO-P offerings during the year.
  • AR must be operated by an LEA and the programs must be offered at the same school site.
  • LEAs must still meet all ELO-P program requirements (compliance verified through the annual audit process).
  • AR cannot negatively impact ELO-P implementation.
  • It is CDE’s Guidance that LEAs revise and update their ELO-P Plans to reflect how ELO-P funding will support AR if they wish to utilize ELO-P funding. Access the most current program plan template.  

More Resources:

ELO-P Expenditure Deadlines & Reporting

ELO-P Expenditure Deadlines:

Beginning with FY 2023–24, any ELO-P funds allocated must be liquidated by June 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made (i.e. FY 2023-24 funds must be expended by June 30, 2025).

Any funds that are not liquidated by a LEA by this time will be returned to the state. 

ELO-P Expenditure Report Deadlines:

On or before September 30 of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made, each local educational agency receiving an allocation shall report final expenditures to the department, which shall initiate the collection of any unexpended funds. 

A local educational agency that does not submit the final expenditure report shall forfeit all funds allocated for the fiscal year. (i.e., FY 2023–24 ELO-P expenditure report must be submitted by September 30, 2025, or all funds for FY 2023–24 will be forfeited). 

Returned Funds & FY 2024-25 Rate 2 Increases

The return of unspent funds from FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23 will be used to increase Rate 2 in 2024-25 up to $2,000. The increase will be reflected in the 2024-25 P-2 Apportionment certification in June 2025 and the liquidation deadline for these funds is June 30, 2026. This is a change in Rate 2 only for the FY 24-25 apportionment. 

For more details and the latest information visit: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ex/elopinfo.asp