The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - The 2024 ‑25  budget includes $1.8  billion Proposition  98 General Fund and $2.7  billion federal funding to provide a projected 884  million school meals during the school year. Universal Meals Intended to Reduce Stigma, Increase Attendance, and Improve Student Well ‑Being.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Based on 2023 ‑24 attendance —the data used to calculate 2024 ‑25 allocations —the proposed $435  million in additional funding would allow for increasing the number of Tier 1 districts without affecting Tier 2 rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Total Enrollment Estimated to Decline in 2024 ‑25. Figure  1 shows CLSF enrollment over the past 25 years. Since 2000, CLSF enrollment peaked in 2009 at 1,336 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) students, then fell notably from 2011 ‑12 to 2015 ‑16, before leveling off for a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The  Legislature approved the changes as part of the 2024 ‑25 budget. Districts Spent $1.6   Billion Through 2023 ‑24 and Report Faster Spending in 2024 ‑25. The December 2024 interim reports show that districts spent $1.6  billion through the first two years of the program (2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - If Revenue Trends Continue at Modest Decline, Planned Current ‑Year Expenditures Likely Still Feasible … Two auctions remain in the 2024 ‑25 fiscal year —February and May. We estimate that even if allowance prices continue to trail the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act ’s assumptions, if they remain at
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - For  example, this includes a proposal to provide $1.3  billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum for 2024 ‑25. This yields one ‑time General Fund savings in that year but creates a “settle ‑up ” obligation that will need to be paid in a future year if 2024 ‑25 revenues remain unchanged.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47 $94,773,000 Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — Percent Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — Estimated Prison Population Reduction Attributable to Proposition 47 3,796 Percent Decline Relative to 2023 ‑24 — ‑81% ‑88% a Estimated savings amount was transferred to the Safe Neighborhoods and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - The $40.4  million balance is expected to be used in 2024-25 for any remaining planning activities and to start development and implementation of the project. Provisional budget bill language in the 2024-25 Budget Act also makes available an additional $10.4  million for development and implementation costs in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The 2024 ‑25 budget package reduced by half the total award amount and service requirement (from a $20,000 maximum award and four ‑year service requirement within eight years). Provides $150   Million for New Loan Repayment Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, districts will receive $3,077 per TK ADA as an add ‑on to the LCFF base grant to cover the associated costs of this requirement. We  estimate the state will provide about $500  million Proposition  98 General Fund for this add ‑on in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968