The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals 2,001 or more 400,000 Schools Must Opt Into Funding. To receive funding in 2026 ‑27, LEAs with eligible schools are required to notify CDE by November 1, 2026 that they intend to receive funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The state provides a statutorily required annual COLA —the same rate provided to K ‑12 education programs —to child care providers funded on the SRR (mainly General Child Care and State Preschool providers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 4, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - As the Governor ’s Committee on Education Excellence explained in 2007, “the problem with California ’s K ‑12 governance system is that everyone is in charge, and no one is accountable. ” Blurred Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Chapter 442 of 2024 (SB 98, Portantino) requires our office to report on the effects of changing the student count methodology of the Local Control Funding Formula and other K-12 education programs from average daily attendance to student enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding [Publication Details]

Jan 6, 2026 - Chapter 442 of 2024 (SB 98, Portantino) requires our office to report on the effects of changing the student count methodology of the Local Control Funding Formula and other K-12 education programs from average daily attendance to student enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan $24,440 12.0% State Makes Notable Deposits Into the Proposition   98 Reserve. The June 2025 budget withdrew the entire balance from the Proposition  98 Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110