The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The state has three expanded learning programs that provide students with academic and enrichment activities outside of normal school hours. Two of these programs, the After School Education and Safety (ASES) program and 21st  Century Community Learning Centers (21st  Century program), are longstanding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

CalSTRS Funding Update

Jul 19, 2018 - The Public Employees ’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) requires employees hired after January 1, 2013 to pay half of the “normal cost ” of their pension benefits. (The normal cost is an estimate of the annual contribution required to fully fund the pension benefits an employee earns during the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3873

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The state provides families with subsidized child care through various child care and development programs ( Figure  1 ). Most  of the state ’s subsidized child care is administered by DSS through three programs: (1)  California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) child care, (2)  the California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP), and (3)  the General Child Care program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Nov 10, 2025 - CDE is to provide three reports to the Legislature on the findings of the study —by June 1, 2029, January 1, 2031, and January 1, 2033. Provides One-Time Augmentation to Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27, Test 1 is likely to remain operative even if revenues or other inputs vary significantly from the Governor ’s budget estimates. Revenue fluctuations in those years would change the guarantee by approximately 40 cents for each $1  change in General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Since the ELPAC was not designed with younger TK students in mind, the major concern was that students who were developing language normally for their age could be misidentified as English learners. Statewide data also showed that TK students were being identified as English learners at higher rates than kindergarteners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

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

Mar 18, 2026 - These studies recommended that the SBE (1)  become an advisory body or sounding board for the Governor and the head of CDE, and (2)  perform limited policymaking duties when explicitly directed by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges 1 1 a Excludes non ‑tax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the minimum guarantee. b This decline is deemed to be zero for the purpose of calculating the guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2020-21 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2019 - In part because certain indicators suggest the chances of an economic slowdown are higher than normal, we encourage the Legislature to set aside at least half of the $2. 1 b illion for one ‑time spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4113

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Governor’s Proposal Increases Number of Districts Eligible for Tier 1 Rates. The Governor proposes to lower the threshold for Tier 1 funding from 75  percent EL/LI students to 55  percent, while keeping the Tier 1 rate at $2,750 per EL/LI student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977