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

Mar 18, 2026 - Current Governance Structure Lacks a Clear Path for Resolving Disagreements Between SBE and SPI. The SBE and the SPI have disagreed many times about the extent of their authority or the meaning of state laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - In addition, the Governor proposes to reduce the match requirement for districts to one-third of grant funding ($2,000 per grantee, compared with $2,500 per grantee under current law). No additional funding is proposed for the program .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - In addition, the $485  million freed up from the set ‑aside for extension grants will result in additional funding that could be used for a one ‑time purpose. However, as current community schools grantees exhaust their available one ‑time funds, ongoing costs would begin to increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Provide One ‑Time Grants for Training and Sharing Best Practices. The state could use one ‑time Proposition  98 funding to contract with one or more LEAs experienced in implementing effective attendance improvement initiatives to provide training across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - If the state makes an additional $2.9  billion deposit in 2025 ‑26, it would have $2.7  billion remaining for other one ‑time school and community college priorities (relative to the Governor ’s budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110