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

Mar 26, 2021 - The box below describes the state ’s PAL and project oversight processes. California Has a Process for Approving Information Technology (IT) Projects State Has Had Challenges Implementing IT Projects.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Projects Large Budget Deficits Moving Forward. The Governor ’s budget projects annual deficits exceeding $20   billion over the next three years, including an operating deficit of more than $26   billion in 2027 ‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - These projections should be interpreted with caution, as the final rates often differ significantly from the initial estimates. School Attendance Projected to Increase in 2025‑26, Then Decline. We estimate that school attendance will increase by 0.9 percent in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As we discuss in The 2026‑27 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , both our office and the administration project multiyear budget shortfalls beginning in 2027‑28, which will require the Legislature to make difficult spending decisions next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Funds Two Career Technical Education Projects. The budget provides $750,000 in non-Proposition  98 General Fund for two specific career technical education projects: $500,000 to the Career Technical Education Foundation of Sonoma County to support the North Bay Construction Corps Mendocino Willits Cohort and $250,000 to the Ukiah Unified School District to support the outdoor modernization project at the Grace Hudson Language Academy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - To effectively perform legislative oversight of the project, the Legislature must receive project plans that reflect the most recent actions taken by the department to plan, develop, and implement a project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Our  November 2025 fiscal outlook, however, projects Test 1 will likely remain operative through the end of our forecast in 2029 ‑30. This projection is mainly related to declines in births and reductions in the school ‑age population —trends that are unlikely to reverse  quickly or change in response to enrollment ‑based funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - This  anticipated shortfall is largely due to higher meal projections. The administration projects the state will serve 921  million meals, an increase of 37  million meals (4  percent) compared to the meals assumed in the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Based on the most recent projections from Department of Finance, the number of high school graduates in California peaked in 2021‑22. As Figure 15 shows, the number of high school graduates is projected to decline by 17,689 students (4 percent) from 2024‑25 to 2027‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Although total public school enrollment may grow somewhat with the continued phase in of TK in coming years (currently projected at 1.1  percent between 2023 ‑24 and 2025 ‑26), enrollment is projected to decrease over the long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977