The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - TK Enrollment Has Grown 70   Percent Since 2019. In 2023 ‑24, 151,500 students across the state were enrolled in TK. This reflects an increase of 76,000 students (101  percent) from the 2021 ‑22 school year, the year prior to expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Sixteen campuses had freshman admission rates of 90 percent or higher in fall 2024, compared to only three campuses in fall 2019. Transfer admission rates have also increased over the past few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, the gap between California and the national average steadily closed from 2005 to 2019, but has remained relatively flat since 2019. The gap between the state and the national average is driven by the outcomes for economically disadvantaged students, which NAEP defines as students with family incomes below 130  percent of the federal poverty level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - We note that the department also canceled its Reimbursement System Project, a separate IT project that first received funding in 2019 ‑20. Please see the nearby box for more information on the Reimbursement System Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008