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

Nov 10, 2025 - (The previous round of grants restricted funding to schools with EL/LI of at least 95  percent.) The grant size is based on a school ’s TK-3 enrollment, with a minimum grant of $450,000. The remaining $15  million will be awarded to a COE to provide training to literacy coaches throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The state provided a total of $477  million for the program (across 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24) for all schools with K ‑3 enrollment and an EL/LI share of 95  percent or higher. Schools received a minimum grant of $450,000, with additional funding distributed proportionally based on K ‑3 enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Specifically, eligibility is for elementary schools that have not previously received LCRS program funding and have a student body where at least 95  percent of students are low ‑income or English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

Update on School District Budgets

Nov 16, 2020 - To have an earlier sense of district spending for 2019 ‑20 and their 2020 ‑21 outlook, we collected 2020 ‑21 budget documents from a representative sample of 95 school districts and made various calculations to estimate the statewide trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4301

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The funding would be provided to local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and COEs —for each school site where at least 95  percent of students in Transitional Kindergarten through grade 6 are English learners or low income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - As of 2021 ‑22, 95 school districts participate in CCGI. CCGI Is Funded Through Mix of Proposition  98, Fee Revenue, and Philanthropy. In 2018 ‑19, the state provided CCGI $3.5  million ongoing Proposition  98 for operational costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

A Historical Review of Proposition 98

Jan 18, 2017 - Instead, the parties to the lawsuit agreed that they would use the administration ’s calculation for 1994 –95 but not consider it precedent for any future litigation involving Proposition  98. Debate Over Creation of Maintenance Factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3526

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The department has also stated that it intends to build out the Provider Directory ’s functions over time to include a portal in which consumers and their families can search for providers based on their location and preferences such as language.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Overview of Special Education in California - What is Special Education? [Video]

[Video] Search LAO Videos Overview of Special Education in California December 12, 2016 In this series of four animated videos, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Anderson  covers key aspects of special education in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=107&videoId=161

Overview of Special Education in California - Who Receives Special Education? [Video]

[Video] Search LAO Videos Overview of Special Education in California December 12, 2016 In this series of four animated videos, Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Anderson  covers key aspects of special education in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=107&videoId=162