The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - CDE, in collaboration with the S ‑TAC and R ‑TACs, would determine the deadlines and timing of the intervals for subsequent requests for funding. Provides $10   Million Annually for Statewide System of Technical Assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The rest of this section analyzes how the Governo r ’s proposal affects these three challenges. The State ’s Short ‑Term Forecasting Risk Is Considerable. The state ’s reliance on tax revenue associated with the stock market poses an acute risk to its revenue forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - The disconnect between funding and participation means that districts with relatively low participation in ELOP will effectively have highe r levels of funding per student participating in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

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

Mar 1, 2021 - To derive the new per ‑student block grant rates, we recommend increasing the high school rate more than the K ‑ 8 r ate, as the mandate applies to all high school grades but only a portion of grades K ‑8.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Students indicating they belong to two or more races accounted fo r 3 . 5  p ercent of program participants. Black students accounted fo r 2 . 4  p ercent, and American Indian and Pacific Islander students each accounted for less tha n 0 . 5  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The budget includes proposals for two new business tax credit  programs: Climate Change Research and Development (R &D) Credit. This new credit would be available to companies headquartered in California that are spending on R &D activities related to mitigating climate change.
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