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 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 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 7, 2023 - The state currently allocates $4  billion for the program. These funds are in addition to funding districts receive from the two other longstanding expanded learning programs —the After School Education and Safety (ASES) program and 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st  Century).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget repeals $4  million in one-time Proposition  98 funding included in the 2024-25 budget package to research best practices for using hybrid and remote models of instruction. The funding was to be provided to a COE to report on the research, as well as to provide guidance, support, and resources to school districts to support their instructional continuity programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The budget provides $4  billion for three proposals that would provide flexible funding for districts —a COLA for the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), a new discretionary block grant, and an increase for the LREBG.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Jan 13, 2017 - For the first roughly $400 million of additional revenue, the guarantee increases by about $200 million, bringing school funding to the level required to keep pace with growth in per capita personal income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - The state has funded more than 400 school sites. As of Decemb er 2016, the state has identified only five schools that do not have the Internet speeds to administer the exam. State Provides Annual Funding for Costs of Administering Standardized Tests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549