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

Mar 18, 2026 - Introduction California operates the nation ’s largest public school system, comprising 937 school districts, 1,257 charter schools, and 58 county offices of education. This year, these local agencies will educate nearly 5.8  million students, employ around 700,000 teachers and staff, and spend nearly $150  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - We estimate the administration addressed a $58  billion budget problem in the Governor ’s budget. Despite this significant deficit, there is a good chance that the administration ’s revenue projections are too low and the state will face an even larger budget problem in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The monthly salary range for both positions is $5,384 to $8,406 ($64,608 to $100,872 per year) —66  percent to  2.5 times more than the Capital Fellows program. However, unlike these positions, the fellowship program has non ‑monetary benefits such as networking and experiential learning opportunities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2022-23 Budget: Local Control Funding Formula

Jan 28, 2022 - For 2021 ‑22, the state is estimated to spend more than $66  billion on LCFF —an average of about $11,600 per student for more than 5.7  million students attending school districts and charter schools statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4505

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - The 2019-20 valuation reflects a slight improvement in the DB program ’s funded ratio, which increased from 66 percent as of June 2019 to 67 percent as of June 2020. UAO increased marginally from $105.7 billion to $105.9 billion, reflecting that the program ’s total obligations grew slightly more than total assets did in absolute terms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

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

Feb 15, 2024 - In this report, we assess the architecture of the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and analyze his major proposals for K-12 education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - I n 2 014 ‑15, the difference between the share of Latino students using the program ( 32  p ercent) and their share of home district enrollment ( 66  p ercent) wa s 3 4  p ercentage points. I n 2 018 ‑19, this difference had decreased t o 2 8  p ercentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329