The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - The state calculates a statutory cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) each year using a price index published by the federal government. This index tracks changes in the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - This index is designed to reflect the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country. The largest c omponent of the index is employee wages and salaries. Other components include fuel, utilities, office supplies, and equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 28, 2017 - Background Statutory COLA Determined by Price Index for State and Local Governments. State law specifies that certain school and community college programs are to receive an annual COLA. The statutory COLA rate is tied to a national price index developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (a division of the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3657

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The state calculates the COLA rate using a price index published by the federal government. This index accounts for changes in the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country during the preceding year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2022-23 Budget: Local Control Funding Formula

Jan 28, 2022 - The  COLA rate is based on a price index published by the federal government. This index reflects changes in the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4505

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Federal meal reimbursement rates receive an annual cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) based on a federal price index that reflects changes in the costs of meals purchased away from home. State Implemented Universal Meals in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - If adjusted annually based on the California Consumer Price Index (CA CPI), that monthly salary rate would be $3,447 in 2024 ‑25. Candidates Have Expressed Concern Regarding Salary Amount. The Center shared with us that it does not have a problem with receiving applications, but it does face challenges in getting candidates to accept offers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - The COLA rate is based on a price index published by the federal government. This index reflects changes in the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

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

Feb 7, 2023 - The state calculates the statutory COLA each year using a price index published by the federal government. This index reflects changes in the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country during the preceding year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Costs for energy and other “nondurable goods ” are the fastest growing component of the index. Available data show that in the third quarter of 2022, this component increased by 25  percent compared with the same quarter in 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648