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

Feb 4, 2026 - In 2024 ‑25, the maintenance factor payment makes the guarantee highly sensitive to revenue changes. The potential fluctuations in 2024 ‑25, however, are much smaller than in the other years. Prepare for the Possibility the Guarantee Is Billions of Dollars Lower.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a result of the pandemic, State Preschool enrollment experienced a significant decline of roughly 65,000 students in 2020 (Figure 3). While enrollment has increased since 2020, it remains significantly below pre‑pandemic levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose. Funds Two Career Technical Education Projects. The budget provides $750,000 in non-Proposition  98 General Fund for two specific career technical education projects: $500,000 to the Career Technical Education Foundation of Sonoma County to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Proposition   98 Guarantee Revised Up in 2024 ‑25. Our estimate of the guarantee in 2024 ‑25 is up $3   billion (2.6   percent) relative to the June  2024 estimate ( Figure   3 ). This  increase reflects our higher estimates of General Fund and local property tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Districts would receive funding based on their average daily attendance in 2024 ‑25 —$323 per student based on current attendance estimates. Trailer legislation would direct districts to use the grant to “address rising costs ” and fund specified state priorities, including (1)  teacher professional development, (2)  teacher recruitment and retention activities, (3)  career pathways, and (4)  dual enrollment programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The forthcoming Appendix 2 and 3 will also provide a complete list of the savings, spending, and tax expenditure proposals. Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - (Charter schools receive the K ‑3 adjustment and are exempt from the class size requirement in grades K ‑3, but must comply with the requirement for TK.) In 2024 ‑25, TK students generate a total of $11,068 per ADA from the base grant and grade span adjustment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: We forecast that increases to the Proposition 98 guarantee in 2024-25 and 2025-26, coupled with a preexisting payment obligation, require the state to provide nearly $7.4 billion in one-time funds for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Given CSU experienced enrollment growth in 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, it could see further growth in 2025‑26. The growth rate, however, might not be large due to certain countervailing factors. On the one hand, the administration projects that the number of high school graduates will decrease by 3 percent, leading potentially to a decrease in the incoming freshman class for fall 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The state provided a total of $477  million for the program (across 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24) for all schools with K ‑3 enrollment and an EL/LI share of 95  percent or higher. Schools received a minimum grant of $450,000, with additional funding distributed proportionally based on K ‑3 enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012