The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 80 Emergency Child Care Bridge Provides temporary child care services to children in foster care system and under age 13. 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

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - State law requires charter schools that provide less than 80   percent of their instruction in person to be considered a “nonclassroom ‑based ” charter school. This  determination is currently made based on the proportion of a school ’s ADA that is classroom ‑based.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Spend 80   Percent of Annual Revenue on Instruction and Related Services. Charter schools must show that their prior ‑year expenditures on instruction and related services represents at least 80  percent of prior ‑year total revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Figure 2 Rate Structure and Programmatic Requirements for ELOP Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Tier 1 80 percent or more in 2021 ‑22. 75 percent or more in 2022 ‑23. Less than 80 percent in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - LCFF Now Represents About 80   Percent of School Funding. As Figure  6 shows, out of the $95.5  billion Proposition  98 funding provided to K ‑12 education in 2022 ‑23, $75.5  billion went towards funding the LCFF for school districts and charter schools (about 80  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - Specifically, the data shows that $1.2  billion (80  percent) of educator effectiveness funding and $622  million (24  percent) of state funding for ELOG were unspent at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2019-20 May Revision: Overview of the May Revision Proposition 98 Package

May 13, 2019 - It relied upon nearly $80  million in one-time funds to pay for ongoing programs —effectively building a small deficit into the Proposition  98 budget for 2020 ‑21. The May Revision takes the positive step of eliminating this deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4044

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Specifically, these providers must operate within the attendance boundary of a public school where at least 80  percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Increase for State Operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

Mar 30, 2017 - Though one would expect the guarantee to grow by a larger dollar amount than LCFF costs (which account for about 80 percent of spending inside the guarantee), changes in the Test 3 supplement al appropriation dampen some growth in the guarantee (to ensure school funding does not grow more quickly than the rest of the budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3638

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 29, 2020 - Remaining $355  million must be spent by September 30, 2022. b Budget also includes $540  million Proposition  98 to be spent by June 30, 2021 for this purpose. c Budget also includes $80  million Proposition  98 funding for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4291