The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - These changes helped inform the community schools implementation plan. Another key change was better integration of supports and services through various funding streams and programs. Having more frequent communication among school staff and with community partners can help schools to more effectively use their exist ing resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - The district leaders believed that clearer, more consistent guidance from the state would help them implement local programs more effectively. Governor ’s Proposal Would Promote More Coherent Policymaking.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - This approach would help protect district cash flow by reducing the state’s reliance on deferrals to manage future downturns. A third option is to provide additional funding for district pension costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Increasing transparency and accountability around high school chronic absenteeism rates would help bring greater focus to student attendance, particularly if the state were to shift to enrollment ‑based funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The new IT system will eventually help facilitate the use of quality incentive payments as part of rate reform implementation, thereby helping the developmental services system as a whole to move towards individual‑level outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Although reducing funding would run counter to the Legislature’s stated goal of increasing child care slots over the long term, this could help the state avoid reductions to other programs that would result in a reduction in the level of services provided to Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 13, 2025 - It also helps districts cover their cost increases and create cohesive local programs. Conversely, targeted proposals help ensure districts use their funding for activities the Legislature considers its highest priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Providing more funding for literacy coaches would help further advance an initiative the state has already funded. Providing more funding for math coaches woul d help the state begin to establish coaches in high ‑poverty schools and provide more individuals with access to training that will prepare them to become math coaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposal would provide districts a developmentally appropriate tool to help identify TK students who would benefit from additional English development support. Better identifying these students could help districts target early intervention services to help them gain English proficiency more quickly and improve their academi c outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - This would help Fellows, some of the lowest ‑paid state workers, afford the rising cost of living and potentially help to preserve an important pipeline into state government careers. Though a 10  percent increase is slightly above the current salary amount adjusted for the CA CPI, this increase is intended to also help make the program more accessible and keep the program competitive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989