The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Child care services are temporary until family finds longer ‑term child care solution. d 3,245 a Unless otherwise specified, child must be under age 13 and families must earn at or below 85  percent of the state median income to be eligible for subsidized child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - For example, the state could begin by only allowing schools with an EL/LI percentage that is 85  percent or greater to be eligible in 2026 ‑27, then expand to all schools with 65  percent EL/LI or higher over multiple years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 10, 2017 - To address the funding implications, we recommend the Legislature (1) provide no increase in minimum state aid in 2017-18 and (2) enact a three-year statutory plan to phase out the existing minimum state aid supplement (the estimated $85 million 24 COEs are receiving in 2016-17).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3554

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Proposition 98)

Jun 19, 2015 - Of this amount, $100 million is to enhance assessment, placement, orientation, and counseling services; $85 million is to further improve access and outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and $15 million is to expand professional development and technical assistance programs to help districts improv e their operations and outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3273

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - SBE  may reduce funding determinations to either 85  percent or 70  percent of full funding —meaning 85  percent or 70  percent of a school ’s ADA is counted in the applicable funding  calculations. Figure  2 shows the criteria for funding determinations at lower levels than full funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Funding For K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Funding For K-12 Education American Indian education (Title VI) 7 b Schools on federal lands (Title VII) 85 b Total $2,598 a Does not include various competitive grant awards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3564

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - LEAs must use 85  percent of their apportionments to fund in-person activities, allowing up to 15  percent of the funding to be used to increase or improve services for pupils participating in distance learning, or to support the preparation of LEAs to return to in-person instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - In addition, the budget provides $85  million to serve 10,000 (2.6  percent) more resident undergraduate FTE students in 2019 ‑20 compared with 2018 ‑19 and $45  million for the Graduation Initiative (bringing total ongoing funding for this initiative to $243  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Special Education “Disconnect”

Mar 1, 2017 - About 85  percent of state special education funding is distributed according to a student-based formula commonly called AB 602 (after the legislation that introduced it in 1998). This formula allocates funds to Special Education Local Planning Areas (SELPAs) based on their total student attendance, regardless of how many students are served in special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3598

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 7, 2023 - The other notable ongoing proposal in the budget is $300  million for a new component of the LCFF known as the “equity multiplier. ” This component would be allocated for school sites with especially high shares of students who qualify for free meals under the federal nutrition program (90  percent or above for elementary and middle schools and 85  percent or above for high schools).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670