The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - For 2018 ‑19, the two periods being compared are the April 2016 through March  2017 period and the April 2017 through March  2018 period. The Bureau of Economic Analysis typically releases the data the state needs to finalize the COLA for the upcoming year in late April.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - From 2017‑18 through 2021‑22 (the most recent data available), the percent of high school completers in California attending any college decreased from 68 to 62 percent. Enrollment Growth Continues to be Overstated Due to Shift in Summer Courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - This growth—combined with a required reserve withdrawal—would be just enough to fund a 2.51 percent statutory cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The state could use the one-time funds to build budget resiliency, which seems especially important given the risks of a stock market downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 28, 2017 - Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2017-18 Budget Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3657

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 18, 2018 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; and CTE = career technical education. Per Student Funding Increases Notably. Figure  2 shows the distribution of Proposition  98 funding by segment across the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget proposes suspending the statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) for child care and State Preschool reimbursement rates and redirecting the savings associated with this suspension for an increase to the monthly cost of care plus payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2017-18 Budget: County Offices of Education and The Minimum State Aid Provision

Feb 10, 2017 - (According to state law, COEs ’ LCFF funding is adjusted annually for a statutory cost-of-living adjustment. In 2017-18, this adjustment is estimated to be 1.48 percent.) All else constant, having property tax growth outpace COEs ’ LCFF funding yields state savings, as less state General Fund is required to meet COEs ’ LCFF allotments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3554

CalSTRS Funding: An Update

May 5, 2017 - To the extent that teachers live longer than was expected during their careers, contributions made by them and their employers —combined with investment returns on those contributions —will be insufficient to pay for their pension benefits for the portion of their lives that extend beyond their assumed life expectancy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3662

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 24, 2020 - Nearly all of the ongoing funding is to cover an estimated 2. 29  p ercent cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for various K ‑ 14 p rograms. Total K ‑12 funding per student would grow to $12, 619 i n 2020 ‑21, an increase of $499 (4. 1  p ercent) over the revised 2019 ‑ 20 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4174

The 2018-19 Budget: Charter School Facility Grant Program

Apr 23, 2018 - As part of the 2017 ‑18 May Revision, the administration proposed increasing the maximum per-student CSFGP award from $750 to $1,117 and providing annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to this rate in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3812