The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - Currently, for example, the state: (1)  has sizeable balances in its reserve accounts, including the Budget Stabilization Account and Proposition  98 Reserve; (2)  has many special funds that are carrying large balances; and (3)  has allocated large sums to expenditures that take years to disburse, like infrastructure projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - California State University $8  Billion Total Core Spending on CSU in 2019 ‑20. Of this amount, $4.7  billion (58  percent) is state General Fund, $3.3  billion (41  percent) comes from student tuition and fee revenue, and $64  million (0.8  percent) is other state funding (primarily lottery revenue).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  2 shows, the largest attendance declines during the pandemic were in the kindergarten through grade 3 (K ‑3) grade span. (This category also includes Transitional Kindergarten [TK].) K ‑3 ADA declined by 12.5  percent (roughly 224,000  ADA) from 2019 ‑20 to 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Regarding the SPI, we recommend authorizing the position to undertake three main activities: (1)  representing the interests of the public, (2)  reporting on the condition of education and recommending improvements, and (3)  evaluating laws and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding Share of Increase Coming From Base 80% — 36% Alternatives 2 and 3 Provide More Targeted Funding to Support High ‑Needs Students. As Figure   18 shows, compared to enrollment ‑based funding and alternative 1, alternatives 2  and  3 provide more of the funding increases through grants targeted for English learners, low ‑income students, and foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Most  of the state ’s subsidized child care is administered by DSS through three programs: (1)  California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) child care, (2)  the California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP), and (3)  the General Child Care program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under Governor ’s Budget (Dollars in Millions) Per capita personal income (Test 2) 3.8 Per capita General Fund (Test 3) b 3.7 0.0 1.5 a Outstanding maintenance factor is adjusted annually for changes in K-12 attendance and per capita personal income. b As set forth in the State Constitution, reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The Proposition  98 reserve is particularly powerful because it (1)  can be accessed relatively quickly, (2)  can support any school or community college activities, and (3)  avoids disrupting district cash flow (unlike payment deferrals).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: State’s Future Responsibility for CalSTRS Uncertain

Feb 2, 2016 - Because theoretical assets that determine the state’s share of the unfunded liability fluctuate more than real world assets and because the state’s share of the unfunded liability ($15 billion) is much smaller than the district share ($58 billion), the state share will be relatively sensitive to changes in assets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3336

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - Under the revised estimates, Test 3 rather than Test 2 is operative. The amount of the statutory “equal pain/equal gain ” supplemental appropriation, however, is such that the state creates no new maintenance factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530