The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Chief state school officer is elected. 9 State board of education is elected. State board of education appoints chief state school officer. 7 Note: Ten other states use less commonly adopted governance models.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 4, 2026 - This analysis suggests that the state could expect 2025 ‑26 revenues to be as much as $9  billion higher or lower than the updated estimates it will have in May. If revenues fall short of projections by $9  billion, the guarantee would decrease by about $3.5  billion relative to the May estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - As Figure  6 shows, the ELOP implementing legislation established two funding rates that account for TK ‑6 attendance and vary based on the proportion of a school district or charter school ’s students who are English learners or from low ‑income families (EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - On January 6, 2026, the federal administration announced that it would freeze $10  billion in grant funding going to five states due to concerns about improper use of federal funds. The freeze affected Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), CCDF, and the Social Services Block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Specifically, they averag e 6 8  p ercent of home district enrollment but onl y 4 0  p ercent of participating transfer students. By contrast, Asian students have relatively high participation, accounting fo r 9  p ercent of home district enrollment and 28  p ercent of participating transfer students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Nov 19, 2025 - This decline is likely to be the main factor affecting school attendance over the next several years, and we estimate corresponding attendance decreases of about 1 percent per year (Figure 9). We expect the decline to yield only minor cost savings in 2026‑27 because the state funds LCFF based on each district’s attendance in the current year, the previous year, or the average of the three previous years (whichever is highest).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides CDE with an additional $12  million ($9  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund, $3  million federal funds) to accommodate new workload. Notable augmentations include $2  million for legal costs and $1.7  million to enhance cybersecurity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - This amount consists of $1. 9  b illion for LCFF, $ 164  m illion for other school programs (including $ 20  m illion for State Preschool), and $ 239  m illion for community college programs (mainly apportionments).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

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

Mar 1, 2021 - The data consisted of 169 r eimbursement claims (97  for 2017 ‑2018 and 72 for 2018 ‑201 9) s ubmitted by 115 school districts and COEs, representing a total of 1, 410 e ligible schools. The Commission estimates ongoing costs to be $2. 36 p er female student in grades 6 ‑12 (the target student group).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Specifically, these programs must offer the program to all TK through grade 6 students in classroom ‑based settings and provide access to  all students whose parent or guardian requests their placement in a program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977