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

Nov 19, 2025 - On the other hand, the state’s school‑age population is declining due to a decrease in births that began nearly two decades ago and accelerated between 2017 and 2020. This decline is likely to be the main factor affecting school attendance over the next several years, and we estimate corresponding attendance decreases of about 1 percent per year (Figure 9).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2018-19 Budget: A Guide to Understanding Potential Changes in the Proposition 98 Guarantee

May 7, 2018 - Assessing Effects on the Minimum Guarantee All Else Constant, Changes in Attendance and Per Capita Personal Income Likely to Reduce 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 Guarantees. Setting aside the effect of any change in state revenue, the slight reduction in student attendance we anticipate in 2017 ‑18 would reduce the 2017 ‑18 minimum guarantee by $22  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3823

The 2018-19 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

Apr 16, 2018 - Lower 2017 ‑18 Attendance Would Lead to Lower Guarantees in 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 Relative to Governor ’s January Estimates. Assuming final attendance in 2017 ‑18 is 5,959,248, the 2017 ‑18 guarantee would decrease by $22  million relative to the level in the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3811

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - EdBudget Tables (January 2017) EdBudget Tables At key times during the state's budget cycle, we post tables containing important information about the education parts of the budget. This initial January posting reflects the 2017-18 Governor's Budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on Per Capita Personal Income

Mar 30, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Update on Per Capita Personal Income The 2017-18 Budget Update on Per Capita Personal Income The federal government recently released updated data on personal income. This data affects some key California state budget calculations, including its school funding calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3639

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

May 15, 2017 - Contingency Proposal Helps Protect Against Downside Risk in 2017 ‑18. In developing its estimate of the 2017 ‑18 guarantee, the administration assumed that per capita General Fund revenue would grow 4.7  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

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

Jan 13, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package The 2017-18 Budget Overview of the Governor ’s Proposition 98 Budget Package The Governor presented his Proposition 98 budget package to the Legislature on January 10, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3530

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - Our estimates of General Fund revenue from the personal income tax are higher than the administration ’s estimates in 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19. The difference primarily reflects our higher projections of capital gains in 2017 and 2018 and higher wages and salaries in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - Under our near ‑term outlook, we estimate that the 2017 ‑18 guarantee is up $ 651  m illion (0. 9  p ercent) from the level assumed in the June budget plan and the 2018 ‑19 guarantee is up $2. 6  b illion (3. 4  p ercent) over the revised 2017 ‑ 18 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716

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

Apr 30, 2018 - In 2017 ‑18, it carried forward $4.5  million in unspent funds. As a result of DOJ ’s staffing issues, the number of open teacher misconduct cases at DOJ continued to grow —to 260 open cases in 2015 ‑16, 291 open cases in 2016 ‑17, and 313 open cases in September 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3817