The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - As with the one ‑time grants, LEAs would be allowed to keep the lesser of $500,000 or 10  percent of the total allocation for their eligible community schools to support coordination activities across school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The Legislature could explore policies that help maintain attention on attendance rates. For example, the state could publish real ‑time attendance data for every LEA and school, similar to the approach recently implemented in Rhode Island.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110