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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - The  state, however, typically budgets by allocating about 89  percent of the guarantee to schools and about 11  percent to community colleges. These percentages are colloquially known as the split. The state has an uncodified list of programs that it excludes from this calculation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

A Historical Review of Proposition 98

Jan 18, 2017 - This approach would have increased school funding to the level needed to keep pace with growth in per capita personal income since 1988 –89 . The CTA believed that the state should calculate the minimum guarantee by first comparing the Test  1 and Test  2 funding levels and then adding the maintenance factor payment on top of the higher test.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3526

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The Center reports that for the 2023 ‑24 Capital Fellows cohort, 89  percent of the Assembly Fellows cohort and 83  percent of the Senate Fellows cohort continued working for the Legislature upon completion of the fellowship.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Without any specific planning expectations for the first three years of funding, new grantees may not be as successful in establishing their programs as prior recipients. Unclear How Frequently Schools Would Be Able to Opt Into Program in Future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 13, 2025 - New Requirements Added in 2024 ‑25 Following a Legal Settlement. In late 2020, the families of several students living in Oakland and Los Angeles filed a lawsuit alleging the state had failed to ensure that schools provided adequate instruction during the pandemic ( Cayla  J.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Individuals may also obtain additional credentials —such as the Mathematics Instructional Leadership Specialist Credential or Mathematics Instructional Added Authorization —that provide specific training related to improving instruction in math or literacy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - One reason the state takes this deliberate process is to ensure that the amount added to the block grant reflects costs LEAs will face on an ongoing basis. However, the Governor ’s budget proposal augments the mandate block grant without conducting a realistic cost estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - In effect, the Legislature would be appropriating funds for a project without knowing what it would get in return and without any assurance that the final product would be consistent with its priorities. . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026