The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In 2023 ‑24, the state redirected funding associated with the statutory COLA for all programs to cover costs of the monthly cost of care plus payments. In 2025 ‑26, the state used the estimated cost of the statutory COLA to provide a uniform increase in monthly cost of care plus payments to all providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The Governor appoints all 11 members with the approval of two ‑thirds of the State Senate. One member of the SBE serves as president and presides over meetings, speaks for the board, and oversees board staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - By 2030 ‑31, when all current grantees would have exhausted their one ‑time funding, assuming community school grant rates receive COLA, we estimate ongoing costs for funding all eligible schools would be a few hundred million dollars higher than the funding provided under the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Nov 19, 2025 - As a point of comparison for the community colleges, $501  million exceeds our projected cost for COLA and all enrollment ‑related increases in the SCFF in  2026 ‑27. Differences in Split Calculation Related to Three Factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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

Feb 4, 2026 - From  an accounting perspective, nearly all of this spending ($8.1  billion) is attributable to the increase in the 2026 ‑27 guarantee. Most of the remaining $1.6  billion relates to 2024 ‑25, reflecting the increase in the guarantee and the settle ‑up payment being made that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Although the state collects and publishes chronic absenteeism data for all students, the chronic absenteeism rates reported on the dashboard only include data for students in grades TK  through  8. Dashboard Assigns Performance Levels for Statewide Indicators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Districts must begin administering the screening to all TK students whose primary language is a language other than English beginning in 2027-28. Districts must also report to CDE the number of multilingual learners identified using the screener.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California State University 740 4% a Reflects annualized FTE resident students across all student levels. Summer is the first term of the college year. For example, summer 2024 enrollment counts towards 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Specifically, these programs must offer the program to all TK through grade 6 students in classroom ‑based settings and provide access to  all students whose parent or guardian requests their placement in a program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

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

Feb 13, 2025 - In  2022 ‑23, the state began implementing a plan to make all four ‑year ‑old children eligible for TK. The  Governor ’s budget provides $1.1   billion to fund the final year of this expansion in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963