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

Nov 10, 2025 - The remaining $10  million is for the UC, San Francisco Dyslexia Center to continue to expand the capacity of the Multitudes reading difficulties screening tool. Multitudes is one of four approved screening tools that may be used for literacy screenings, and this screener is currently available to schools free of charge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - About Half of Graduates Complete UC/CSU College Preparatory Course Requirements. Of the state ’s high school graduates, about half (49  percent in 2017 ‑18) completed the college preparatory coursework required to be eligible for freshman admission at UC/CSU (known as the “A  through G ” series).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Each collaborative must include at least one school district, community college district, CSU campus, and UC campus. To receive grants, collaboratives must commit to creating new intersegmental academic pathways in at least two of the following occupational areas: health care, education, business management, and engineering/computing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The largest one-time initiatives are $175  million each for CSU and UC, with both segments able to use the funds for deferred maintenance and UC also able to use the funds explicitly for energy efficiency projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget increases ongoing General Fund for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) by a total of $775  million. Much  of the new spending is linked to the Governor ’s recently announced compacts with CSU and UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - What are the employment outcomes of graduates from CSU and UC teacher preparation programs? Which health and social service programs are most closely associated with improved educational outcomes of K ‑12 and college students?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

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

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Grant recipients will be required to annually report data disaggregated by student subgroups in several areas, including academic performance, graduation rates, completion of UC/CSU course requirements, postsecondary outcomes, and employment outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641