The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a condition of receiving CCDF, the state must comply with a number of requirements, such as providing some matching funding as well as spending at least 12 percent of CCDF funds on quality improvement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, it reviews and approves district applications for certain federal grants, officially numbers all new charter schools, and acts as the state ’s liaison to the U.S. Department of Education for various federal programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The Legislature may want to assess whether the proposed funding level for technical assistance is sufficient given the increased number of schools that will be supported on an ongoing basis. The specific level of funding would depend on several factors, including the number of new schools expected to receive funding annually and the amount of support R ‑TACs and the S ‑TAC are expected to provide to new grantees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - This  approach would account for changes in the number of students served across the whole school year, and would be particularly helpful for LEAs that experience significant fluctuations in enrollment throughout the school year (such as COE and charter schools that operate alternative schools).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100