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

Nov 19, 2025 - Specifically, our estimate of the statutory rate is 3.7  percent in 2027 ‑28, 4  percent in 2027 ‑28, and 4.2  percent in 2029 ‑30. These estimates are above the historical average of about 3  percent per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Of the total funding, $200  million will be used to extend eligibility to elementary schools that have not previously received program funding and have a student body that is at least 94  percent EL/LI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - While the state is developing the accreditation process for community schools, we recommend setting annual planning and reporting requirements for LEAs, consistent with the current requirements for CCSPP Cohort 4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Of these 11 staff, at least 4 would be nominated by the SPI and appointed by the SBE as required by the Constitution. The Governor ’s budget does not include additional funding for the Office of the SPI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would make four adjustments that increase the reserve balance to $4.1  billion ( Figure  4 ). The  largest adjustment is a $3.8  billion mandatory deposit in 2024 ‑25, driven by significantly higher capital gains revenue since June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - The independent evaluation would include an examination of (1)  how funds were used, (2)  how expenditures impacted student literacy achievement, (3)  how LEAs plan to continue to fund literacy programs past the award period, and (4)  the effectiveness of the literacy trainings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Specifically, the budget proposes $500  million for tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low ‑income households, $200  million for mixed ‑income housing, $200  million to preserve affordable housing units, and $100  million to preserve affordable mobile  homes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - In 2022 ‑23, the state provided $200  million for a competitive grant program aimed at increasing programs that provide high school students with access to college level courses. Of this amount, $100  million was available for grants of up to $250,000 to plan and start up middle and early college high schools on K ‑12 school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - The Governor proposes to use the combined $601 million for four activities: (1) paying down the K-12 mandates backlog ($287 million), (2) funding the third and final year of the CTE Incentive Grant program ($200 million), (3) addressing deferred maintenance at the community colleges ($44 million), and (4) swapping out $70 million in ongoing funding (primarily for special education).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530