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

Mar 18, 2026 - Introduction California operates the nation ’s largest public school system, comprising 937 school districts, 1,257 charter schools, and 58 county offices of education. This year, these local agencies will educate nearly 5.8  million students, employ around 700,000 teachers and staff, and spend nearly $150  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - We estimate the administration addressed a $58  billion budget problem in the Governor ’s budget. Despite this significant deficit, there is a good chance that the administration ’s revenue projections are too low and the state will face an even larger budget problem in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - All Other Spending Lower by $600 Million. Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - In 2022 ‑23 the state provided an additional $600  million for KIT. Roughly $350  million of this amount was distributed to about 1,000 LEAs that opted into the funds. These funds were distributed proportionally based on the number of meals served.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - The largest of these include $1.8  billion (in 2025 ‑26) for the proposed expansion of Medi ‑Cal to all income ‑eligible Californians and nearly $600  million for a State Supplementary Payment grant increase, according to administration estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Another 600 are participating in a “Community Integration Training Program, ” which is a service that can be adapted for a variety of  purposes. Another 150 consumers have retired, moved, or no longer have a case with a RC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - Even after receiving a sizeable amount of one ‑time funds for facilities maintenance in the 2021 ‑22  budget, districts continue to have a large deferred maintenance backlog (likely more than $600 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473