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

Feb 4, 2026 - It paid the remaining amount over the 2015 ‑16 through 2018 ‑19 period. Most recently, the June 2025 budget recognized an increase in the 2024 ‑25 guarantee but set school funding $1.9  billion below the revised estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The proposal also would allow the Governor to appoint up to 16 deputies to support the commissioner. The Governor ’s budget does not include additional funding for the commissioner position or its staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2015-16 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2014 - Specifically, absent new budget commitments, we estimate the state would end 2015-16 with $4.2 billion in total reserves, $2 billion of which would result from Proposition 2's new reserve rules. A $4 billion reserve would mark significant progress for the state, but maintaining such a reserve in 2015-16 would mean little or no new spending commitments outside of Proposition 98, the funding formula for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3152

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - Posted January 2017. 2015-16 Proposition 98 Spending as of 2016-17 Budget Act $69,050 Make Local Control Funding Formula adjustments -$40 Lower CCC base for unused enrollment growth funding -$56 Shift one-time payments from 2015-16 to 2016-17 a -324 2015-16 Revised Proposition 98 Spending $68,671 a Proposal has no programmatic effect on schools, as schools already were expecting to receive the associated cash in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 13, 2017 - Minimum Guarantee for 2015-16 Revised Downward. Figure 2 compares the Governor ’s estimates of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 minimum guarantees with the estimates made in June 2016. The revised estimate of the 2015-16 guarantee is $68.7 billion, a $379 million decrease compared with the previous estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

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

Apr 12, 2018 - Legislature Provided CTC $2  Million in 2015 ‑16 to Develop APA. The 2015 ‑16 Budget Act provided a total of $2  million one time ($1  million in General Fund and $1  million in Title II federal funds) to support a variety of activities related to the development of an APA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3809

The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Proposition 98 May Revision Budget Package [Publication Details]

May 18, 2015 - The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Proposition 98 May Revision Budget Package [Publication Details] The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Proposition 98 May Revision Budget Package Format: PDF Description: In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s Proposition 98 May Revision budget package for schools and the California Community Colleges (CCC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3254

EdBudget Tables (July 2016)

Jul 14, 2016 - Tracking Changes in the Proposition 98 Minimum Guarantee (Dollars in Millions) a Reflects change from June 2015 estimate of 2015-16 minimum guarantee. Posted July 2016. Proposition 98 Funding by Segment and Source (Dollars In Millions) 1,496 8 a Beginning in 2015-16, includes $145 million for wraparound care formerly funded with non-Proposition 98 General Fund. b Includes state agencies providing direct instruction to K-12 students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3491

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Hastings College of the Law Reporting requirement Supplemental report by September 30, 2015 on a proposed formula to fund enrollment growth and adjust for enrollment declines. a Authorized in the 2015-16 Budget Act, the Supplemental Report of the 2015-16 Budget Act, Chapter 22, Statutes of 2015 (SB 81, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), and Chapter 324, Statutes of 2015 (SB 103, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

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

May 15, 2017 - The Governor ’s January budget included several proposals to reduce Proposition  98 spending in 2015 ‑16 and 2016 ‑17. The largest of these proposals involved (1)  scoring $324  million in spending toward 2016 ‑17 instead of 2015 ‑16 and (2)  deferring an $859  million payment for the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) from 2016 ‑17 to 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670