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

Feb 13, 2025 - a Governor ’s settle ‑up proposal Yes
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The largest proposals include $500  million for Golden State teacher grants and a $500  million endowment for learning-aligned employment. Reserves and Debt $11  Billion in Constitutional Reserve and Debt Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Proposition 98)

Jun 19, 2015 - For 2015-16, up to $375 million of the $500 million is earmarked for existing school district, COE, and JPA adult education programs. These providers had been operating under an LCFF maintenance-of-effort provision that required them to keep spending at least as much on adult education as they did in 2012-13.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3273

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts. The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The S &P 500, for example, has risen about 40  percent over the last two years. Several signs, however, suggest that the stock market has become overvalued. For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - The Governor ’s estimated TK growth of 60,000  ADA is about twice the amount we project when considering current take ‑up trends and estimates of the number of four ‑year olds in California. The state could plausibly see this higher level of ADA through a combination of higher rates of enrollment in TK and better attendance of those students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - If the entire $1 billion in settle ‑up were used in 2016 ‑17, we estimate the 2017 ‑18 the minimum guarantee would be about $500 million lower than the May Revision Proposition 98 funding level. The state also could consider using settle ‑up payments to free up any lesser amount of funding for the rest of the budget, thereby keeping total Proposition 98 funding closer to the May Revision level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - Of the $ 7  b illion, the measure dedicates $ 3  b illion to new construction projects, $ 3  b illion for renovation projects, $ 500  m illion for charter school facilities, and $ 500  m illion for career technical education (CTE) facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - These funds are intended to provided start ‑up funding to develop and establish new CTE pathways and programs locally. Golden State Pathways Program. The state provided $500  million for a competitive grant program intended to improve college and career readiness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Jan 4, 2018 - Infants and toddlers typically are referred to a school or regional center by primary care physicians following routine check ‑ups. Evaluation. Following each referral, school or regional center staff evaluate the child to determine eligibility for early intervention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3728