The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - The budget plan also includes $12.1  billion in one ‑time funding for two K ‑12 block grants —$7.9  billion focused on learning recovery and $3.6  billion intended for arts, music, and instructional materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - The spending plan includes $8.6  billion in Learning Recovery Block Grant funding, which counts toward the Proposition  98 minimum guarantee. Of this, $7.9  billion is to be allocated to K-12 schools for a variety of academic and social-emotional activities, including increasing instructional learning time and providing tutoring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

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

May 16, 2022 - The largest one ‑time augmentation is for $8.75  billion in discretionary block grants —$8  billion for schools and $750  million for community colleges —that would be distributed on a  per ‑student basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - In some other areas of the budget, the state provides lump sum amounts —sometimes referred to as block grants —to other entities of government, which those entities manage as part of their own budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Even the Governor ’s proposed base increases for 2022 ‑23 are not linked to specific cost increases for personnel, equipment, and other operating expenses —the core building blocks of any university budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492