Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Legislative Analyst ’s Office Reporting requirement Report by January 1, 2017 on the need for new CSU campuses within certain regions of the state and by January 1, 2018 on the need for new UC campuses statewide (Chapter 22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

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

Mar 30, 2017 - The changes have to do with the amounts of revenue needed for Test 2 to become operative and maintenance factor payments to be triggered. (The formulas work such that the guarantee takes about half of every additional dollar of state revenue until it reaches the Test 2 level and no additional revenue until maintenance factor payments are triggered, at which level the guarantee begins once more to take about half of every additional dollar of state revenue.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3639

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - Local education agencies have until June 30, 2018 to spend their Proposition  39 funding. f Less than $500,000. $52 $79 a Reflects project payments through January 2017. Unlike K-12 schools, community colleges do not receive planning payments. b Available until June 30, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

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

May 15, 2017 - The administration still funds community college deferred maintenance and one ‑time discretionary grants but intends to do so using Proposition  98 funds that count toward the 2017 ‑18 minimum guarantee, as discussed below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2018-19 Budget: Charter School Facility Grant Program

Apr 23, 2018 - In these cases, charter schools pay only the unsubsidized portion of their lease costs, also doing so out of their operating budgets. (A relatively small share of charter schools have constructed their own facilities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3812

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - The 2017 ‑ 18 b udget plan allocated $1. 1  b illion for one ‑time initiatives (the largest allocation was for K ‑12 discretionary grants). These initiatives do not continue in 2018 ‑19, freeing up the associated funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - We do not have good data on student outcomes beyond the first year out of high school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - For  LEAs with eligible school sites that do not opt in by November 1, 2026, trailer legislation specifies that LEAs will have the opportunity to submit a request to be considered for funding during regular intervals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: Funding Plan May Not Meet Principle of “Shared Responsibility”

Feb 2, 2016 - As we described in our third post , the abstract calculation central to the funding plan implementation gives the state the benefit of theoretical investment gains that do not exist in the real world.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3337

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

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges 1 1 a Excludes non ‑tax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the minimum guarantee. b This decline is deemed to be zero for the purpose of calculating the guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093