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Tackling Teacher Shortages: What We Know About California’s Teacher Workforce Investments

Report originally published December 31, 2024

After initial publication, the following changes were made to this report. This update was published January 28, 2025.

On page iii of the Executive Summary, in the second paragraph, “investments in the teacher workforce are the Teacher Residency Grant Program ($605 million), Golden State Teacher Grant Program ($611 million)” was changed to “investments in the teacher workforce are the Teacher Residency Grant Program ($672 million), Golden State Teacher Grant Program ($521 million).”
On page 3, in the numbered list of investments in the teacher workforce, “The Teacher Residency Grant Program ($605 million)” was changed to “The Teacher Residency Grant Program ($672 million), and “The Golden State Teacher Grant Program ($611 million)” was changed to “The Golden State Teacher Grant Program ($521 million).”
On page 10, in Table 1, the amounts in the first two rows of the “Total funding, in millions” column” were changed from “$605M” to “$672M” in row 1 and from “$611M” to “$521M” in row 2. The source was changed from “California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance. (2024, March 12). Agenda; California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2024, April). Update on the residency grant programs; Legislative Analyst’s Office. (2021). The 2021–22 budget: Educator workforce proposals (accessed 9/25/2024); AB-181 Education finance: Education omnibus budget trailer bill” to “Learning Policy Institute analysis of California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance. (2024, March 12). Agenda; Education Code 44415; AB-178 Budget Act of 2022; Personal correspondence with California Department of Finance (1/21/25); State of California. (2022). 2022–23 state budget: California Student Aid Commission; State of California. (2024). 2024–25 state budget: California Student Aid Commission.”
On page 11, in the second paragraph, “$51 million for TRGP in 2018” was changed to “$52 million for TRGP in 2018” and “a total of $605 million” was changed to “a total of $672 million.”
On page 11, in Table 2, row 1, “$51M for establishing” was changed to “$52M for establishing,” and “$51M” was changed to “$52M.” In addition, in note a, “$51 million in funding” was changed to “$52 million in funding.”
On page 11, in Table 2, row 3, a fourth bullet point was added to the Focus areas column that says, “$66M, use to be determined^b,” and a note was added “^bFunds have not yet been transferred to California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.” In addition, “$204M” was changed to “270M.”
On page 11, in Table 2, row 4, Total funding, in millions was changed from “$605M” to “672M.”
On page 11, in Table 2, the source “California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance. (2024, March 12). Agenda; California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2024, April). Update on the residency grant programs; Legislative Analyst’s Office. (2021). The 2021–22 budget: Educator workforce proposals (accessed 9/25/2024); AB-181 Education finance: Education omnibus budget trailer bill” was changed to “Learning Policy Institute analysis of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2024, April). Update on the residency grant programs; Education Code 44415; AB-178 Budget Act of 2022; Personal correspondence with California Department of Finance (2025, January 21).”
On page 12, in the first paragraph, “Indeed, of the $555 million appropriated for teacher residency capacity, implementation, and expansion grants” was changed to “Indeed, of the $555M appropriated and dispersed to date for teacher residency capacity, implementation, and expansion grants.”
On page 33, endnote 29, “The state appropriated $555 million for teacher residency capacity, implementation, and expansion grants between 2018 and 2022. This excludes funds appropriated for new school counselor residency programs, as well as funds for the Statewide Residency Technical Assistance Center” was changed to “The state appropriated and disbursed $555 million for teacher residency capacity, implementation, and expansion grants between 2018 and 2022. This excludes funds appropriated for new school counselor residency programs, as well as funds for the Statewide Residency Technical Assistance Center. An additional $66 million in TRGP funds has not yet been transferred to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing,”