Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - The measure also allows the state to pay for the new program using Proposition  98 funds that are currently reserved for public schools. As part of this change, it would modify the calculation of the Proposition  98 funding requirement to include the attendance of students participating in this program (in addition to students attending public schools).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Sep 30, 2025 - K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]     a Includes $7.6 billion in 2023-24 and $405 million in 2025-26 from the Proposition 98 Reserve. b Consists primarily of state pension payments on behalf of districts, state debt service on school facility bonds, and non-Proposition 98 funding for the California State Preschool Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1012

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Unit 18 Workforce and Compensation Unit 18 Affiliated Employees Represent 2.5  Percent of State Workforce. Unit 18 represents about 6,000 FTE rank-and-file state employees. When counted with their affiliated managers and supervisors, Unit 18 accounts for about 2.5  percent of the state workforce and 3.8  percent of the state ’s General Fund payroll costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ballot off at a b allot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location. Of the about 16  million people who voted in California in the November 2024 Presidential General Election, about 13  million voted using a VBM ballot and about 3  million voted in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

University Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Aug 27, 2025 - a The 2025-26 Budget Act includes $5.2 million ongoing General Fund to cover associated debt service for these two projects ($2.6 million each). b The 2025-26 Budget Act authorizes UC to draw down remaining funds from several former state general obligation bonds ($2.6 million) and several former state lease revenue bonds ($3.1 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1021

Changes in California Student Aid Commission General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Aug 25, 2025 - Also includes a downward adjustment to 2024-25 spending for Golden State Teacher Grants. b The budget provides $230,000 for a Chief Information Security Officer position and $65,000 for employee compensation adjustments. c Reflects $50 million in new one-time General Fund and $18 million in carryover funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/985

Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Aug 25, 2025 - The Control Section 4.05 reduction initially included $500,000 from eliminating ongoing support for the Braille Institute, Los Angeles, but the enacted budget rescinds that reduction. b The 2025-26 Budget Act shifts the California Newspaper Project from the State Library's budget to the University of California's budget. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1000

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - Effective the first day of the pay period following ratification, all Unit 8 members would receive a GSI of 2.5  percent. As a GSI, this pay increase will increase all steps of all salary ranges of each classification represented by Unit 8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

State-Approved CCC Student Housing Construction Projects [EdBudget]

Aug 18, 2025 - State-Approved CCC Student Housing Construction Projects [EdBudget] 1,865 a Non-Proposition 98 General Fund.      b Reflects an intersegmental project with a university campus. In addition to the project costs shown above, CSU's budget includes $4.6 million in state costs for the Imperial Valley College project, while UC's budget includes $51 million in state
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/772

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Therefore, any measure that requires statistics on the prices of a small set of goods in metropolitan areas —which includes options A, B, and C —may be at higher risk to future BLS publication changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065