The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In 2019 ‑20, however, the state adopted a new law prohibiting spending reductions after the fiscal year ends. This law allows the state to reduce spending during its first recalculation of the guarantee, but prevents reductions during the second recalculation at the end of the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - While the state is developing the accreditation process for community schools, we recommend setting annual planning and reporting requirements for LEAs, consistent with the current requirements for CCSPP Cohort 4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Of these 11 staff, at least 4 would be nominated by the SPI and appointed by the SBE as required by the Constitution. The Governor ’s budget does not include additional funding for the Office of the SPI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Sixteen campuses had freshman admission rates of 90 percent or higher in fall 2024, compared to only three campuses in fall 2019. Transfer admission rates have also increased over the past few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Figure   4 compares the Governor ’s budget proposals with an LAO budget alternative. Our alternative would designate $1. 2  m illion in remaining 2019 ‑20 funds for board meetings and some GovOps project staff as well as knowledge transfer activities from WestEd to GovOps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

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

May 16, 2022 - In  2019 ‑20, the state made its first withdrawal from the BSA  under the rules of Proposition  2 and the balance declined substantially. Since 2019 ‑20, reserves have grown in dollar terms as the state has continued to make new deposits into the BSA  as required by the Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Specifically, our estimate of the statutory rate is 3.7  percent in 2027 ‑28, 4  percent in 2027 ‑28, and 4.2  percent in 2029 ‑30. These estimates are above the historical average of about 3  percent per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093