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

Mar 18, 2026 - The office would consist of the SPI and up to 11 other staff. Of these 11 staff, at least 4 would be nominated by the SPI and appointed by the SBE as required by the Constitution. The Governor ’s budget does not include additional funding for the Office of the SPI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The state allocates 89  percent of this grant to schools based on average daily attendance and 11  percent to community colleges based on full ‑time ‑equivalent enrollment. The law requires the State Controller to disburse this grant automatically according to a schedule determined by the Director of the Department of Finance, potentially over multiple years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Figure  11 illustrates how the funding available for new commitments could change over the outlook period. Specifically, it shows the difference between the Proposition  98 guarantee and the costs of existing programs (adjusted for the statutory COLA and enrollment ‑related changes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - (Prior to the implementation of the quality incentive payment as 10  percent of the total rate, the state began providing some smaller, one ‑time quality incentive payments on top of providers ’ baseline rates in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 7, 2023 - In 2023 ‑24, the state calculates the cost of the program and funds this cost on top of the minimum guarantee otherwise calculated for the year. The state then converts this amount to a percentage of General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - The top portion shows the effect of the program relative to the alternative in which all students return to their home districts. Relative to this baseline, Districts of Choice are becoming slightly more balanced overall, with their EDI increasing by an average of 0.7.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Fellows work 10 months in the judicial branch, 10.5 months in the executive branch, and 11 months in the Assembly and Senate. Fellows Must Meet Program Eligibility Requirements. To apply for the program, one must be at least 20 years old and have earned a bachelor ’s degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - In addition, a law enacted last June requires the state to make a $2.3  billion supplemental payment on top of the guarantee in 2021 ‑22. Including this payment, total Proposition  98 funding for schools and community colleges in 2021 ‑22 is $88.1  billion —$60.8  billion from state General Fund and $27.3  billion from local property tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309