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

Feb 4, 2026 - The Proposition  98 reserve is particularly powerful because it (1)  can be accessed relatively quickly, (2)  can support any school or community college activities, and (3)  avoids disrupting district cash flow (unlike payment deferrals).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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 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 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - This program now represents the vast majority of funding schools receive for expanded learning ( Figure  5 ). ELOP Funds Allocated Through a Two ‑Tiered Funding Structure. As Figure  6 shows, the ELOP implementing legislation established two funding rates that account for TK ‑6 attendance and vary based on the proportion of a school district or charter school ’s students who are English learners or from low ‑income families (EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - The group did not settle on a particular structure for the new entity but put forward three options —creating a joint powers authority (JPA), creating a new state agency, or housing the data system within an existing state agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, low ‑income households have less money to purchase and operate air conditioning units during extreme heat events, air filters to moderate wildfire smoke, or back ‑up electricity generators to provide electricity during Public Safety Power Shutoff events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, enacted in November 2021, contains $5  billion for school bus replacement grants. The U.S. EPA will allocate the funding in installments of $1  billion per year for the next five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - The state decided two years ago to provide temporary operating support for one particular joint powers agency (the Southern California Regional Occupational Center). For 2019 ‑20, the state is scheduled to provide this agency with a direct appropriation of $ 2  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

Climate Change Impacts Across California - K-12 Education

Apr 5, 2022 - As the climate changes, K ‑12 schools and child care providers will experience more frequent closures due to the impacts of wildfires, not only from the encroaching fires but also from planned power outages and smoke ‑related impairments to air quality.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4586