The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor’s budget proposes to reduce funding for General Child Care slots by $98 million relative to the 2025‑26 budget package. These reductions are mainly due to a decline in federal and Proposition 64 funding in 2025‑26 and 2026‑27 and would eliminate funding for approximately 4,200 slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The risks for 2025 ‑26, however, are still significant. The state will not have complete tax collection data for 2025 ‑26 before adopting the June budget. Moreover, complex accrual policies could assign future revenue gains or losses to 2025 ‑26 after the year ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - School Attendance Projected to Increase in 2025‑26, Then Decline. We estimate that school attendance will increase by 0.9 percent in 2025‑26. Two main factors explain the increase. First, districts can begin implementing attendance recovery programs—a recent measure that allows districts more flexibility to offset student absences by providing instruction outside the regular school day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26, the state increased funding to $4.6  billion and made several programmatic changes. One goal of the funding increase was to ensure that 2025 ‑26 Tier 2 rates would be no less than $1,579 per EL/LI student.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget assumes that the cost of providing this adjustment in 2025-26 will be $7.5  million. Various Other One-Time Spending Increases. The budget also includes several other one-time increases for schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education [Publication Details]

Nov 10, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5087

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: We forecast that increases to the Proposition 98 guarantee in 2024-25 and 2025-26, coupled with a preexisting payment obligation, require the state to provide nearly $7.4 billion in one-time funds for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The provisional language indicates the reduction would be taken at the 2025 ‑26 state marginal cost rate of $10,983. Assessment Countervailing Factors at Work in 2025‑26. Given CSU experienced enrollment growth in 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, it could see further growth in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Of the one ‑time school spending, $1.4  billion is attributable to 2025 ‑26. Other one ‑time allocations attributable to 2025 ‑26 include the $376  million deposit into the Proposition  98 Reserve and $331  million in one ‑time community college spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951