The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Despite these calls for reform, the state continues to operate with the same basic structure it established more than 100 years ago. The Governor ’s proposal provides an opportunity to consider structural changes that would address some of these longstanding critiques.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - Further, under the same projections, the state would end this year with nearly $100  billion in unused borrowable resources (balances in other state funds). These funds would be available to cover any cash deficits that could occur in subsequent months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: State’s Future Responsibility for CalSTRS Uncertain

Feb 2, 2016 - Because theoretical assets that determine the state’s share of the unfunded liability fluctuate more than real world assets and because the state’s share of the unfunded liability ($15 billion) is much smaller than the district share ($58 billion), the state share will be relatively sensitive to changes in assets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3336

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Conclusion

Feb 2, 2016 - Meanwhile, that calculation, coupled with CalSTRS ’ treatment of the higher teacher contributions required by the funding law, have increased the school and community college district share from $47 billion to $58 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3339

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Of this amount, $4.7  billion (58  percent) is state General Fund, $3.3  billion (41  percent) comes from student tuition and fee revenue, and $64  million (0.8  percent) is other state funding (primarily lottery revenue).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Funding by Program (Dollars in Millions) Categorical Programs and Other Appropriations — Student Success and Support Program 299 Extended Opportunity Programs and Services 123 Proposition 39 energy efficiency projects 39 Cal Grant B and C supplemental grants 39 Mandates block grant and reimbursements 32 Support for certain campus child care
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Teacher Support ($100   Million). In 2021 ‑22, the state provided $100  million Proposition  98 General Fund for a competitive grant that LEAs could use to increase the number of highly qualified State Preschool and TK  teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2016-17 Budget: Local Government Mandates--Reasonable Reimbursement Methodology

Mar 17, 2016 - Currently, there are 58 active education mandates and 22 active local government mandates for which the CSM has adopted Parameters and Guidelines. Of these, six mandates —Habitual Truants, Graduation Requirements, Behavioral Intervention Plans, Immunization Records (Pertussis), Peace Officers Procedural Bill of Rights, and Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharge —use an RRM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3395