The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - K ‑12 Attendance Projected to Drop in 2021 ‑22, Rise Over the Following Four Years. The state did not collect school attendance data in 2020 ‑21 due to the pandemic and the temporary switch to remote learning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of Proposition 98 Proposals [Publication Details]

Jan 27, 2022 - This analysis describes the overall structure of the Governor's plan for school and community college funding, including the major spending proposals and underlying estimates of the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4502

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - In some cases, such as K-14 education and Department of Developmental Services, slower growth is primarily due to changes in our underlying assumptions. In others —most notably Medi-Cal —reduced growth mainly reflects the choices in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Functionally, California ’s General Fund budget is divided into two parts: one dedicated to K ‑14 education (about 40  percent of the total) and another part that funds everything else (roughly 60  percent of the total).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - Proposition  2 (201 4) r equired the state to set aside more funds in reserves. Under Proposition  4, reserve deposits are counted in the year they are made (instead of the year they are withdrawn). While Proposition   2 r equires the state to set aside minimum amounts in reserve each year, Proposition   4 l imits reserve deposits like other state appropriations, creating a tension between these two constitutional calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

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 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - Dymally Institute — Regional K ‑16 education collaboratives — Hastings College of the Law California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education — Hastings College of the Law Alternative campus safety program College savings accounts (General Fund share) — CCC Expanded Entitlement Program ‑ base awards — CCC Expanded Entitlement Program ‑ student parent supplemental
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates. This partially offsets the revenue increase described above, deteriorating the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - The largest ongoing augmentation is $4.8  billion to provide an 8.22  percent COLA for K ‑12 and community college programs. In K ‑12, the budget also includes $300  million ongoing targeted to low ‑income schools with relatively high rates of student mobility within the school year, as well as $250  million one time for literacy coaches and reading specialists.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - In terms of direct assistance to families, the budget uses ( 1) r ealignment funding to provide a 5. 3 p ercent increase to the CalWORKs grant and ( 2) f ederal COVID ‑ 19 r elief funds to provide a one ‑time payment of about $ 640 t o families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448