The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - As Figure  6 shows, the ELOP implementing legislation established two funding rates that account for TK ‑6 attendance and vary based on the proportion of a school district or charter school ’s students who are English learners or from low ‑income families (EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - On January 6, 2026, the federal administration announced that it would freeze $10  billion in grant funding going to five states due to concerns about improper use of federal funds. The freeze affected Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), CCDF, and the Social Services Block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Specifically, these programs must offer the program to all TK through grade 6 students in classroom ‑based settings and provide access to  all students whose parent or guardian requests their placement in a program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The SBE employs a staff of 16, including an executive director and 6 deputy directors appointed by the Governor. The board ’s budget is $5.5  million in non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund. Core SBE Duties Revolve Around Academic Standards, Curriculum, and Regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Figure  6 summarizes the usual schedule for these revisions and settle ‑up payments. From an accounting perspective, settle ‑up payments are always scored to the year in which the guarantee increased, rather than to the year the state disburses the payment to schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - As Figure  6 shows, school funding peaked following rapid increases in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Since that time, funding has been roughly flat after adjusting for inflation. Major Ongoing Proposals $2.1   Billion for COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Mar 1, 2021 - The Commission estimates ongoing costs to be $2. 36 p er female student in grades 6 ‑12 (the target student group). This estimate includes the following components: Stocking Restrooms With Feminine Hygiene Products.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - The amount of funding provided in 2021 ‑22 was sufficient to provide these districts with $672 per EL/LI student enrolled in TK through grade 6. In 2021 ‑22, one ‑third of eligible districts, enrolling 47  percent of the state ’s EL/LI students in grades TK through 6, were funded based on the Tier 1 rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Most notably, the state provides $4  billion annually through ELOP for school districts and charter schools to offer programming to students in TK through grade 6. ELOP grants are distributed to all districts and classroom ‑based charter schools that serve grades TK ‑6.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Figure   6 s hows how the program has changed fro m 2 014 ‑ 15 t o 2 018 ‑19. Most notably, Latino students overtook white students as the largest users of the program over this period. This increase is due to a majority of participating districts (abou t 6 0  p ercent) increasing their share of Latino students, including a significant increase in Riverside Unified (one of the five large districts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329