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

Jan 18, 2018 - Excluding this amount, the increase from 2017 ‑18 is $91 million (8.1 percent). b Per ‑pupil amount combines funding for K ‑12 education, preschool, and other agencies. FTE = full ‑time equivalent. K-12 Education Funds Full Implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The state provides families with subsidized child care through various child care and development programs ( Figure  1 ). Most  of the state ’s subsidized child care is administered by DSS through three programs: (1)  California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) child care, (2)  the California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP), and (3)  the General Child Care program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Mar 18, 2026 - These studies recommended that the SBE (1)  become an advisory body or sounding board for the Governor and the head of CDE, and (2)  perform limited policymaking duties when explicitly directed by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - (The funding increases also covered the costs of lowering the Tier 1 threshold and increasing minimum grant amounts.) Figure 6 ELOP Funding Tiers and Rates Over Time Tier 1 EL/LI Threshold Tier 1 Rate Per EL/LI Student Tier 2 Rate Per EL/LI Student 2021 ‑22
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

May 15, 2017 - To date, the state has provided this supplemental appropriation six times, with the amount ranging from $68  million (in 1990 ‑91) to $1.4  billion (in 2001 ‑02). It has notwithstood the otherwise required appropriation once (in 1993 ‑94).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Coupled with the effects of statewide declining student enrollment, the statewide student ‑to ‑teacher ratio, in turn, has dropped every year since its peak in 2010 ‑11  when it was 23:1. In  2018 ‑19, this ratio was about 21: 1 —comparable to the level prior to the  Great  Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Coupled with the effects of declining student enrollment, the statewide student ‑to ‑teacher ratio, in turn, has dropped every year since its peak in 2010 ‑11 (23:1). In 2018 ‑19, this ratio was about 21: 1 —comparable to the level prior to the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget included $1  million for school breakfast and summer meal start ‑up and expansion  grants. Governor ’s Proposals Provides $596   Million Augmentation to Fund Universal Meals Implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27, Test 1 is likely to remain operative even if revenues or other inputs vary significantly from the Governor ’s budget estimates. Revenue fluctuations in those years would change the guarantee by approximately 40 cents for each $1  change in General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As Figure   18 shows, compared to enrollment ‑based funding and alternative 1, alternatives 2  and  3 provide more of the funding increases through grants targeted for English learners, low ‑income students, and foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100