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

Mar 18, 2026 - This  shift would free up the SBE to focus on broader policy issues while making state administrative functions more efficient. Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - When the Legislature sets enrollment growth expectations for CSU in the state budget, it intends for CSU to add more students. Though CSU is reporting higher state‑supported enrollment in each of the past two years, part of these increases has come from shifting enrollment from self‑ to state‑supported courses rather than adding new enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - Can CCGI provide more information on why districts might not want to participate in CCGI  and other related barriers to participation? How does CCGI plan to address these barriers? Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Having more frequent communication among school staff and with community partners can help schools to more effectively use their exist ing resources. For example, improved coordination between instruction during the school day and after school programs can help schools more effectively support student academic success and well ‑being.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2018-19 Budget: Commission on Teacher Credentialing—Administrator Performance Assessment

Apr 12, 2018 - We recommend the Legislature require CTC to report at spring budget hearings as to why the APA is over budget (by $1.3  million or 65  percent more than the original estimate of APA development and implementation costs) and behind schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3809

Update on School District Retiree Health Benefits

Sep 25, 2017 - Knowing more about school districts ’ retiree health benefits could help the Legislature in various ways. It could help the Legislature understand why certain districts spend more on these benefits than other districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3704

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Recommend Requesting More Information on Child Care Infrastructure Funding. The Governor proposes $11.5 million one‑time Proposition 64 funding to provide child care infrastructure grants to licensed child care providers impacted by recent wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Providing more of the increase through supplemental and concentration grant funding would allow the state to target funding to high UPP districts, which have higher chronic absenteeism rates on average, but would place more restrictions on how LEAs could spend additional funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - Why Is There a Difference? The reason that the state ’s budget and cash positions have diverged is, in large part, due to undistributed funds. While all of the monies in the State Treasury are committed in some sense —usually to an expenditure or reserve, including an ending fund balance —some of those funds have not yet been disbursed .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840