The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Current community schools grantees would no longer be required to submit requests for extensions. Instead, they would begin receiving ongoing funding at the new proposed rates after their implementation period is over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - By no longer classifying TK students as English learners, the districts will no longer be required to use LCFF supplemental/concentration grants or federal Title III funding for TK students who are not English proficient.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Child care services are temporary until family finds longer ‑term child care solution. d 3,245 a Unless otherwise specified, child must be under age 13 and families must earn at or below 85  percent of the state median income to be eligible for subsidized child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - However, state law provides exceptions for some specific programs —such as juvenile court schools and Extended School Year services for special education students —that operate longer than a traditional 180 ‑day school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Revenues can also fluctuate notably from year to year, even if they track our forecast over a longer period. Figure  8  shows how much the minimum guarantee could differ from our projections based on variations in General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Ongoing spending increases can help districts address longer ‑term challenges and state priorities, sustain new programs, and cover their ongoing cost pressures. Conversely, one ‑time funds can help districts cover one ‑time expenses and pay for starting up programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - We find the proposed training funds to be premature since the approved list of screening tools has not been finalized and funds are being added to the block grant earlier than needed under the traditional claims ‑based process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989