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

Feb 4, 2026 - A year after the first revision, the state adopts a second revision as part of the next budget. If the second revision exceeds the first, the state makes another settle ‑up payment. Figure  6 summarizes the usual schedule for these revisions and settle ‑up payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165

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

Mar 1, 2021 - The Commission found that districts that filed claims for this activity in both 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 had a roughly 90  p ercent reduction in costs in the second year. Accordingly, the Commission estimates the ongoing costs to be $0.37 — 10  p ercent of the costs reported by school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

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

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Second, it publishes chronic absenteeism data on the school dashboard and uses this data as part of the state ’s approach to identify LEAs that are eligible for differentiated assistance. The latter approach, however, does not measure or track absenteeism at the high school level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Second, the state would be unlikely to retain any funding in the reserve even if it makes larger deposits in 2024 ‑25 or 2025 ‑26. Under our forecast, additional required deposits in those years would have to be withdrawn in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Feb 13, 2025 - New Requirements Added in 2024 ‑25 Following a Legal Settlement. In late 2020, the families of several students living in Oakland and Los Angeles filed a lawsuit alleging the state had failed to ensure that schools provided adequate instruction during the pandemic ( Cayla  J.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Chapter  48 of 2023 (S B  114 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) requires that schools administer screenings for reading difficulties to students in kindergarten through second grade starting in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012