The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - CDE, in collaboration with the S ‑TAC and R ‑TACs, would determine the deadlines and timing of the intervals for subsequent requests for funding. Provides $10   Million Annually for Statewide System of Technical Assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The rest of this section analyzes how the Governo r ’s proposal affects these three challenges. The State ’s Short ‑Term Forecasting Risk Is Considerable. The state ’s reliance on tax revenue associated with the stock market poses an acute risk to its revenue forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - The disconnect between funding and participation means that districts with relatively low participation in ELOP will effectively have highe r levels of funding per student participating in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - To derive the new per ‑student block grant rates, we recommend increasing the high school rate more than the K ‑ 8 r ate, as the mandate applies to all high school grades but only a portion of grades K ‑8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Students indicating they belong to two or more races accounted fo r 3 . 5  p ercent of program participants. Black students accounted fo r 2 . 4  p ercent, and American Indian and Pacific Islander students each accounted for less tha n 0 . 5  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2021-22 Budget: The Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 18, 2020 - Across the entirety of each fiscal year, we estimate General Fund tax revenues are up more than $ 4  b illion in 2019 ‑20 and nearly $ 34  b illion in 2020 ‑ 21 r elative to the June 2020 e stimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4298

The 2020-21 Budget: School District Budget Trends

Jan 21, 2020 - In 2014, Proposition   2 e stablished a state ‑level Proposition   98 r eserve. The state also for the first time set a maximum local reserve level. Local reserves are capped the year after the balance in the state Proposition   98 r eserve equals at least 3  p ercent of total annual Proposition  98 school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4136

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In addition, CDE would provide LEAs additional funding if they plan to support a large r number of grantees. Funds would be available to spend through June 30, 2029. By June 30, 2029, LEAs are to submit a report on how funds were used, the impact the funding had, and the plans to continue funding math coaches after the grant period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - We examined the effect on the guarantee if General Fund revenue came in a few billion dollars above our outlook estimates in 2017 ‑ 18 o r 2018 ‑19 (or in both years). None of these scenarios resulted in a higher minimum guarantee in 2017 ‑ 18 o r 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716

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

Nov 20, 2019 - Proposition 2 r equires the state to withdraw funds from the Proposition 98 Reserve if the minimum guarantee is not growing quickly enough to support the prior ‑year funding level, as adjusted for student attendance and inflation. 2018‑19 and 2019‑20 Updates Higher Revenues Across 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4113