The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The freeze affected Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), CCDF, and the Social Services Block grant. The 2025 ‑26 budget provides $1.1  billion from CCDF and $329  million from TANF for child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - In 2025, 108 (out of over 900) school districts were assigned the lowest performance level in chronic absenteeism for their total student population, while another 388 school districts were assigned the lowest performance level for at least one subgroup.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Specifically, the law converts the remaining obligation into a block grant. The state allocates 89  percent of this grant to schools based on average daily attendance and 11  percent to community colleges based on full ‑time ‑equivalent enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110