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

Feb 4, 2026 - This approach would help protect district cash flow by reducing the state’s reliance on deferrals to manage future downturns. A third option is to provide additional funding for district pension costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The accreditation process would be managed by the technical assistance centers and CDE. Frees Up Current Funding for Extension Grants. Trailer legislation proposes to free up the $485  million allocated in prior budgets that is set aside for the two ‑year extension grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - Additional modifications might include “hardening ” facilities to reduce their risk of catching fire in forested areas, adding air filtration systems to lessen smoke exposure, or elevating structures along the coast to accommodate occasional flooding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The digitized template must have specific functionality, including the ability to manage special education data and track service delivery. The template must also be interactive and assessible to the public.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 13, 2025 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team; and IEP = Individualized Education Program. Allocates New Spending for a Mix of Flexible Funding and Targeted Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Citing concerns about the number of children eligible for Early Start services failing to receive these services within federally ‑mandated time lines, the Governor proposes adding four full ‑time positions at DDS (at a cost of $446,000 General Fund) to increase monitoring of regional center Early Start programs from once every three years to once every two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

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

May 6, 2019 - Education data in California currently are siloed, being maintained and managed in several separate data systems. Most notably, CDE collects K ‑12 data (including student demographics, courses taken, grades earned, and high school graduation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026