The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Of the $263  million, $179  million is available in 2019 ‑20, with the remainder of funds allocated over the following three years ($20  million in 2020 ‑21 and $32  million each in 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

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

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

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

Feb 15, 2024 - We estimate the administration addressed a $58  billion budget problem in the Governor ’s budget. Despite this significant deficit, there is a good chance that the administration ’s revenue projections are too low and the state will face an even larger budget problem in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Update on Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant (LREBG) Established in 2022 ‑23. The  June  2022 budget created the LREBG to support learning recovery efforts in schools and the social and emotional well ‑being of students and staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Less than 75 percent in 2022 ‑23. Funding per EL/LI Student Roughly $2,000 in 2022 ‑23 (estimate). Long ‑Term Programmatic Requirements Offer program to all students. Provide access to every student whose parent or guardian requests enrollment in program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Introduction California operates the nation ’s largest public school system, comprising 937 school districts, 1,257 charter schools, and 58 county offices of education. This year, these local agencies will educate nearly 5.8  million students, employ around 700,000 teachers and staff, and spend nearly $150  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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 Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - In 2021 ‑22, the TIIG and HTS add ‑ons totaled $1.3  billion statewide. 2022 ‑23 Budget Included Changes to School Transportation Funding. The 2022 ‑23 budget package included two major changes to how the state funds school transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - On January 1, 2022, all child care and preschool providers will move to the 75 th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey (or stay at their current rate if it is higher). The budget package also includes $413  million one time to allocate temporary supplemental rates to providers from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485