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

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - In calendar year 2024, data from the State Controller ’s Office indicate that rank-and-file Unit 8 salaries totaled $518  million and overtime payments to these employees totaled $294  million —57  percent of their base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Some one-time funding provided in the 2025-26 budget package is attributed to 2024-25 or 2023-24. For some programs, amounts decline from the previous year due to the expiration of one-time funds. a In addition to these amounts, the 2025-26 budget package reappropriates unspent Proposition 98 funds from previous years to cover
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/982

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

K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Sep 30, 2025 - Under the measure, this program becomes Proposition 98 General Fund beginning in 2024-25. d Includes revenue from property taxes collected in excess of the Local Control Funding Formula allotments, parcel taxes, fees, and local reimbursements. e Reflects average daily attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1012

2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - 2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] $114,558 a Primarily reflects removal of 2024-25 one-time funds. b The 2025-26 budget package uses funding from the Proposition 98 reserve to cover $405 million in K-12 costs and $50 million in community college costs. c Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1007

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - Largely Maintains Provisions of 2024 Agreement. The proposed agreement maintains most of the provisions of the 2024 MOU. Like the 2024 MOU, the agreement would last two years and would expire July 1, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

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