The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In October 2024, State Preschool enrollment was roughly 40,000 students lower than October 2019 enrollment. Since the pandemic, the state has held providers harmless from enrollment declines. The hold harmless is set to expire June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27, Test 1 is likely to remain operative even if revenues or other inputs vary significantly from the Governor ’s budget estimates. Revenue fluctuations in those years would change the guarantee by approximately 40 cents for each $1  change in General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - (The funding increases also covered the costs of lowering the Tier 1 threshold and increasing minimum grant amounts.) Figure 6 ELOP Funding Tiers and Rates Over Time Tier 1 EL/LI Threshold Tier 1 Rate Per EL/LI Student Tier 2 Rate Per EL/LI Student 2021 ‑22
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Mar 18, 2026 - These studies recommended that the SBE (1)  become an advisory body or sounding board for the Governor and the head of CDE, and (2)  perform limited policymaking duties when explicitly directed by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - TK Enrollment Has Grown 70   Percent Since 2019. In 2023 ‑24, 151,500 students across the state were enrolled in TK. This reflects an increase of 76,000 students (101  percent) from the 2021 ‑22 school year, the year prior to expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As Figure   18 shows, compared to enrollment ‑based funding and alternative 1, alternatives 2  and  3 provide more of the funding increases through grants targeted for English learners, low ‑income students, and foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - CDE is to provide three reports to the Legislature on the findings of the study —by June 1, 2029, January 1, 2031, and January 1, 2033. Provides One-Time Augmentation to Career Technical Education Incentive Grant (CTEIG).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges 1 1 a Excludes non ‑tax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the minimum guarantee. b This decline is deemed to be zero for the purpose of calculating the guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - State Enacted a Moratorium on New Nonclassroom ‑Based Charter Schools in 2019, Set to Expire in 2026. Due, in part, to the concerns arising from high ‑profile cases, Chapter  486 of 2019 (A B  1505 , O ’Donnell) imposed a two ‑year moratorium on the establishment of new nonclassroom ‑based charter schools (from 2019 to 2021).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - Figure 1 summarizes these changes. Figure 1 Defined Benefit Program Total UAO (Dollars in Billions) Valuation for the Period Ending June 30, 2019 Valuation for the Period Ending June 30, 2020 Change From 2019 to 2020 Assets 1 point UAO = unfunded actuarial obligation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475