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

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - However, state law provides exceptions for some specific programs —such as juvenile court schools and Extended School Year services for special education students —that operate longer than a traditional 180 ‑day school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - This minimum requirement also varies by grade span, from 180  minutes (for kindergarten) to 240 minutes (for grades 9 ‑12). Charter schools do not have any required amount of daily instruction, while COEs have minimum daily minute requirements that vary based on instructional  setting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - In its original PAL Stage 2 document, DDS estimated that this IT project will cost about $135  million to $180  million in total funds (excluding future maintenance and operations costs). In addition to state funding for this project, DDS is requesting enhanced funding from the federal government through the Advanced Planning Document process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 29, 2024 - (The daily minimum instructional minute requirement for school districts varies by grade span, from 180 minutes for kindergarten to 240 minutes for grades 9 ‑12.) Therefore, to claim attendance for funding purposes, charter schools only need to show that a student completed some work during each school day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

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