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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2018-19 Budget: Update on Backlog of Teacher Misconduct Cases

Apr 30, 2018 - Although settlements can occur for a variety of reasons, one such reason for the increase may be a recent decision of an administrative law judge to dismiss a case on the grounds that the evidence CTC and DOJ had collected was too old.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3817

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Although our outlook treats the cost of enrollment changes as a baseline adjustment, the Legislature has discretion over how much growth to fund each year. June Budget Covered Ongoing Program Costs With One ‑Time Funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Teacher preparation programs have reported that while the domains are effective in developing exam questions, they are too narrow, too specific, and overall a less effective reference point when determining whether coursework satisfies the subject matter competency requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - Looking forward over the next several years, school attendance is projected to continue decreasing and increasing in these same respective areas. Staffing Pressures Districts Have Been Adding Faculty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Next, we explain how our estimates of the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25 differ from the state ’s previous estimates. Third, we estimate the guarantee over the 2025 ‑26 through 2028 ‑29 period under our economic forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As we discuss in The 2026‑27 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , both our office and the administration project multiyear budget shortfalls beginning in 2027‑28, which will require the Legislature to make difficult spending decisions next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We suggest the Legislature take heed of these risks and avoid putting too much stock in the recent revenue rebound until it is accompanied by clear improvements in California ’s broader economy. Governor ’s Use of Reserves Remains Reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951