The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, the state made one‑time reductions to the program in recognition that funding provided exceeded the amount necessary to fund all State Preschool contracts. Child Care and State Preschool Reimbursement Rates in Transition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - These funds were originally provided as part of the 2023-24 budget package. Includes Additional One-Time Funding for Golden State Teacher Grants. The budget includes $50  million in new one-time non-Proposition  98 General Fund support for this program in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - The first option assumes TK classrooms will have 3 adults and maintain class sizes at 24  students. This option would cost $196  million less than the Governor  proposes. The  second option assumes TK classrooms decrease from 24 to 20 students and include 2  adults.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - When the state faced significant revenue drops in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24, it used several tools to sustain ongoing school and community college programs. Most  notably, it withdrew $9.5  billion from the Proposition  98 Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, CSU began addressing this situation by reallocating existing enrollment slots from campuses under their 2023 ‑24 targets to those exceeding their 2023 ‑24 targets. Effectively, this reallocation moved funding internally within the CSU system to help support more enrollment growth at growing campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - From 2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24, the state has provided a total of $865  million in one ‑time funding to support various nutrition initiatives. These augmentations include: KIT Funds ($750   Million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Based on 2023 ‑24 attendance —the data used to calculate 2024 ‑25 allocations —the proposed $435  million in additional funding would allow for increasing the number of Tier 1 districts without affecting Tier 2 rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - Districts Spent $1.6   Billion Through 2023 ‑24 and Report Faster Spending in 2024 ‑25. The December 2024 interim reports show that districts spent $1.6  billion through the first two years of the program (2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The cost of covering the state ’s core K-12 education programs exceeds the Proposition  98 funding available for schools in 2023 ‑24. To bridge the gap, the budget withdraws approximately $5.3  billion from the Proposition  98 Reserve to support LCFF costs in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - State Suspended the Proposition   98 Guarantee in 2023 ‑24. The June 2024 budget plan suspended the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and approved $98.5   billion in funding for schools and community colleges. Although our estimate of General Fund revenue is up compared with the previous estimate, changes in revenue do not directly affect funding when the guarantee is suspended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940