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

Feb 7, 2023 - The other notable ongoing proposal in the budget is $300  million for a new component of the LCFF known as the “equity multiplier. ” This component would be allocated for school sites with especially high shares of students who qualify for free meals under the federal nutrition program (90  percent or above for elementary and middle schools and 85  percent or above for high schools).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Increases Revenue by Around $300   Million. The Governor ’s budget proposes to change the rules about how taxable profits are determined for financial institutions. The administration estimates this change would increase revenues on an ongoing basis by around $300  million per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Early models often had a maximum range between 70  and 90 miles. Recent models have longer ranges, often between 120 and 150 miles. These ranges, however, assume relatively favorable driving conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

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

Feb 4, 2026 - It made an initial payment of $300  million but did not schedule any future payments. It paid the remaining amount over the 2015 ‑16 through 2018 ‑19 period. Most recently, the June 2025 budget recognized an increase in the 2024 ‑25 guarantee but set school funding $1.9  billion below the revised estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The budget provides $90  million ongoing and $35  million one time for the Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program. (The program has received one-time funding approved in the annual budget every year since 2018-19.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Our estimate of SCFF costs for 2025 ‑26 is tracking about $90  million higher than the June estimate, and this higher spending level continues into 2026 ‑27. School district costs, by contrast, are tracking slightly below the June estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Whereas school attendance rates averaged about 95  percent of enrollment prior to the pandemic, they dropped to around 90  percent in 2021 ‑22. We think much of this drop reflects the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID ‑19 in the middle of the 2021 ‑22 school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - While the fiscal impact of this reauthorization would be small in the budget window —an estimated $300  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —the effect would be much larger in future years, rising to roughly $2  billion in General Fund savings as early as 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $150  million one-time Proposition  98 funding for CTEIG, in addition to the $300  million in ongoing funding provided for the program. CDE must award funding by June 30, 2027. Establishes the Mathematics Professional Learning Partnership.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - LEAs are eligible to apply for funding if they have schools where at least 90  percent of students are EL/LI, or rural schools where at least 75  percent of students are EL/LI. Unlike the LCRS program, LEAs must apply for these grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012