The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Some schools also reported making changes in their curriculum so that instruction better reflects the culture, experiences , and interests of students. Model Can Be Challenging to Initiate and Sustain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool ‑54 ‑100.0 a Includes up to $5 million each year used for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites. b Reflects LAO estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The  Governor ’s budget already contains $664  million in Proposition  98 Reserve deposits for 2025 ‑26, so implementing this recommendation would involve an additional deposit of nearly $2.9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts. The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

May 16, 2022 - (In the next week or so, we will issue our estimates of the cost of ongoing proposals.) $2   Billion to Pay Off Debts and Liabilities. Each year, the state pays many billions of dollars towards debts and liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Mar 18, 2026 - In either case, it would likely want separate appointments for the Assembly and Senate so that each house could choose a board member to represent its interests. Conclusion State Governance Is Ripe for Reform.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The Legislature could consider modifying the allocation so that schools do not receive a larger share. Consistent with the requirements of Proposition   37, any changes to state law would likely require a two ‑thirds vote.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2021-22 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Revenues would need to beat our expectations by $ 5  b illion in 2021 ‑22 and $ 35  b illion in 2024 ‑25 for the budget to break even. The figure below shows where the breakeven point falls in our likely range of revenue outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4297

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - The Governor proposes to modify the penalty for noncompliance so that, rather than losing all of their ELOP apportionment, districts would receive proportional reductions based on the reason for noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545