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

Feb 15, 2024 - Previously the requirement was an ISP of 40  percent or higher. This rule change means that schools with an ISP between 25  percent and 40  percent are now required under state law to participate in one of the federal alternative reimbursement options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Feb 29, 2024 - Unlike school districts, charter schools do not have a daily minimum instructional minute requirement for school days. (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.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Governor’s Proposal Provides $40   Million One ‑Time Funding for Reading Difficulties Screening. The Governor proposes $40  million one ‑time Proposition  98 General Fund to cover the cost of training teachers, similar to the funds provided last year, as well as the cost of obtaining screeners and conducting screenings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs over the past 18 months. Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - In May 2019, the Commission found that requirements added by Chapter   687 o f 2017 (A B  10 , C. Garcia) impose a reimbursable state ‑mandated program, beginning January 1, 2018. The mandate requires certain schools to stock 50  p ercent of restrooms with feminine hygiene products (defined as tampons and sanitary napkins) at all times at no cost to students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Of the amount provided, $40  million is to cover any costs associated with the first year of implementing the requirement that students in grades K-2 be screened for reading difficulties. The funds may be used for a variety of activities, including, but not limited to, purchasing screening instruments, administering the screening to students, and training school employees to administer the screenings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2022-23 Budget: Local Control Funding Formula

Jan 28, 2022 - Proposes Adding Three ‑Year Rolling Average to School District Attendance Calculations. The Governor proposes to create an additional adjustment for school districts with declining attendance, beginning in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4505

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989