The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time funding to support TK expansion. These  augmentations include: Facility Support ($590   Million). In 2021 ‑22, the state provided $490  million one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to construct or retrofit early education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Additional $22   Million Ongoing for State COLA. The Governor ’s budget also provides $22  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund to provide a 2.43  percent COLA for school nutrition rates. This increases the state contribution for a free meal from 97.9 cents to $1.00.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The department has received the following funding for this IT project planning since  2021 ‑22: 2021 ‑22 Spending Plan. California ’s Home and Community ‑Based Services Spending Plan, using enhanced federal funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, allocated $6  million in one ‑time federal funding to help modernize DDS ’s IT systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce 2018 ‑19 and 2021 ‑22 Supports establishing and expanding teacher and school counselor residency programs in special education, STEM, bilingual education, and kindergarten/transitional kindergarten.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The 2021 ‑22 budget package provided $250  million non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to the Department of General Services for a competitive grant program to support regional collaboratives. Each collaborative must include at least one school district, community college district, CSU campus, and UC campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - From 2017‑18 through 2021‑22 (the most recent data available), the percent of high school completers in California attending any college decreased from 68 to 62 percent. Enrollment Growth Continues to be Overstated Due to Shift in Summer Courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Feb 13, 2025 - As Figure  6 shows, school funding peaked following rapid increases in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Since that time, funding has been roughly flat after adjusting for inflation. Major Ongoing Proposals $2.1   Billion for COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963