The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, the state made one‑time reductions to the program in recognition that funding provided exceeded the amount necessary to fund all State Preschool contracts. Child Care and State Preschool Reimbursement Rates in Transition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose. Funds Two Career Technical Education Projects. The budget provides $750,000 in non-Proposition  98 General Fund for two specific career technical education projects: $500,000 to the Career Technical Education Foundation of Sonoma County to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, CSU began addressing this situation by reallocating existing enrollment slots from campuses under their 2023 ‑24 targets to those exceeding their 2023 ‑24 targets. Effectively, this reallocation moved funding internally within the CSU system to help support more enrollment growth at growing campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - The  Legislature approved the changes as part of the 2024 ‑25 budget. Districts Spent $1.6   Billion Through 2023 ‑24 and Report Faster Spending in 2024 ‑25. The December 2024 interim reports show that districts spent $1.6  billion through the first two years of the program (2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Nov 20, 2024 - The cap has been operative in previous years but is inoperative as of 2024‑25. 2023‑24 and 2024‑25 Updates State ’s Job Market and Consumer Spending Remain Lackluster … California ’s economy has been in a slowdown for nearly two years, characterized by a soft labor market and weak consumer spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - From 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25, TK eligibility expands by an additional two months each year. (In 2024 ‑25, children who have their fifth birthday by June 2 are eligible for TK.) For 2024 ‑25, the budget package assumes LCFF costs associated with TK will be $526  million above revised 2023 ‑24 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - For 2025 ‑26, the Governor ’s budget increases school nutrition funding by $84  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund compared to the 2024 ‑25 budgeted level. Of this amount, $31  million is associated with the anticipated shortfall in 2024 ‑25 that is expected to carry forward into 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion. Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - Trailer legislation extends the expenditure and encumbrance deadline for 2021-22 ELOP funds from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The expenditure and encumbrance deadline for 2022-23 ELOP funds remains June 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - This funding was available through 2023 ‑24. 2023 ‑24 Spending Plan. The spending plan provided $12.7  million ($12.2  million General Fund) one ‑time funding to support continued planning efforts for the IT project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008