The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Additionally, the 2021-22 Budget Act temporarily expanded the program, with SIB providing CalKIDS deposits to all low-income students enrolled in grades 1 through 12 in that year. SIB Has Four Positions Dedicated to the CalKIDS Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The state allocated a total of $123.8  million each year from 2021-22 through 2023-24, and $117.1  million in 2024-25. Under current law, the hold will expire and the modified formula would again be used starting in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2 , allocations were notably higher from 2018 ‑19 to 2021 ‑22 due to extreme wildfire seasons and the COVID ‑19 pandemic. It is important to note that allocations are sometimes based on cost estimates —rather than actual costs incurred —for performing the emergency response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - In March of 2004, on the heels of the dot ‑com bust, voters passed Proposition  58, which created the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA). In the 2006 ‑07 budget, the Legislature deposited $472  million into the BSA and in 2007 ‑08 deposited $1.5  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, Most Direct Contract Providers Shifted to RMR. In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The 2021 ‑22 budget package provided $250  million non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to the Department of General Services for a competitive grant program to support regional collaboratives. Each collaborative must include at least one school district, community college district, CSU campus, and UC campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - The program was created in the 2021-22 Budget Act with the intention to run as a pilot. There is no authorizing legislation that sets forth basic programmatic details, including state policy objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - CLSF experienced two years of notable growth in 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑ 23 —growing by a combined 22  percent. In 2024 ‑25, CLSF expects total enrollment to decline by 39  FTE students, for a total of 1,128 FTE students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce 2018 ‑19 and 2021 ‑22 Supports establishing and expanding teacher and school counselor residency programs in special education, STEM, bilingual education, and kindergarten/transitional kindergarten.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in Figure  4 , General Fund spending for these programs has increased substantially since 2021 ‑22, with ECM spending increasing by $308  million (466  percent) and Community Supports spending increasing by $68  million (317  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003