The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - As an alternative to the claims ‑based process, the state in 2012 ‑ 13 c reated a K ‑ 12 m andates block grant. The block grant provides upfront per ‑student funding in lieu of submitting claims. Currently, all active K ‑ 12 m andates are included in the block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget included $50  million to establish the Early Literacy Support Block Grant program to improve early literacy. Under  this program, block grants were provided to the 73 schools with the lowest performance on third grade state reading assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The freeze affected Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), CCDF, and the Social Services Block grant. The 2025 ‑26 budget provides $1.1  billion from CCDF and $329  million from TANF for child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - As required by the measure, the state currently provides over $900  million for Proposition  28 activities, based on a statutory formula. Funds are distributed to schools based on overall enrollment and the share of their students who are low income or EL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - In 2025, 108 (out of over 900) school districts were assigned the lowest performance level in chronic absenteeism for their total student population, while another 388 school districts were assigned the lowest performance level for at least one subgroup.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Specifically, the law converts the remaining obligation into a block grant. The state allocates 89  percent of this grant to schools based on average daily attendance and 11  percent to community colleges based on full ‑time ‑equivalent enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Makes Changes to Rules for Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant. The budget makes several modifications to the requirements of the Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant. For any block grant funds spent prior to July 1, 2024, LEAs must submit an interim expenditure report by December 15, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - Consider Early Restoration of Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant ($757   Million). The state created this grant in the 2022 ‑23 budget to mitigate the learning loss and social disruption students experienced during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - Figure 3 Reporting Requirements for State Programs Name Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant December 2024 and December  2027. September 2029. a Quarterly reports for spending of federal funds. December 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734