The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2018-19 Budget 2018 ‑19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - This growth—combined with a required reserve withdrawal—would be just enough to fund a 2.51 percent statutory cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The state could use the one-time funds to build budget resiliency, which seems especially important given the risks of a stock market downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Apart from the Judicial Fellows, all other Fellows are required to relocate to Sacramento (unless already living in the area). The Center has expressed concern that the current salary for Fellows is insufficient to cover housing and other living costs in Sacramento.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - (Our estimates do not account for potential interactions with the state appropriations limit. The nearby box explains how the limit could affect school funding.) The State Appropriations Limit and School Funding Constitution Establishes State Appropriations Limit (SAL).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget proposes suspending the statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) for child care and State Preschool reimbursement rates and redirecting the savings associated with this suspension for an increase to the monthly cost of care plus payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 24, 2020 - Nearly all of the ongoing funding is to cover an estimated 2. 29  p ercent cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for various K ‑ 14 p rograms. Total K ‑12 funding per student would grow to $12, 619 i n 2020 ‑21, an increase of $499 (4. 1  p ercent) over the revised 2019 ‑ 20 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4174

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The template must also be interactive and assessible to the public. The budget also includes up to $ 1  million to translate the digitized IEP into the ten most commonly spoken languages in California other than English Study of Instructional Framework Process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Because of the way school district limits interact with the state’s limit, excluding this spending results in dollar‑for‑dollar reductions in appropriations subject to the limit at the state level. Counts Certain IT Project Costs as Excluded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment and COEs = county offices of education. Assessment and Recommendation Providing Annual COLA for Block Grants Has Benefits, Recommend Adopting. A COLA is a simple way to recognize cost increases over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930