The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding The 2023-24 Budget State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding In recent years, schools have received significant one-time state and federal funding to address a variety of issues, including the effects of learning loss and higher costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - In addition, the Governor proposes to reduce the match requirement for districts to one-third of grant funding ($2,000 per grantee, compared with $2,500 per grantee under current law). No additional funding is proposed for the program .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The SBE consists of ten  members, serving staggered four ‑year terms, and one student member, serving a one ‑year term. The Governor appoints all 11 members with the approval of two ‑thirds of the State Senate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - In addition, the $485  million freed up from the set ‑aside for extension grants will result in additional funding that could be used for a one ‑time purpose. However, as current community schools grantees exhaust their available one ‑time funds, ongoing costs would begin to increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Provide One ‑Time Grants for Training and Sharing Best Practices. The state could use one ‑time Proposition  98 funding to contract with one or more LEAs experienced in implementing effective attendance improvement initiatives to provide training across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - If the state makes an additional $2.9  billion deposit in 2025 ‑26, it would have $2.7  billion remaining for other one ‑time school and community college priorities (relative to the Governor ’s budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Various Other One-Time Spending Increases. The budget also includes several other one-time increases for schools. One-Time Funding for Districts Affected by Los Angeles Fires. The budget provides $9.7  million to offset the reductions in property tax revenue experienced by basic aid districts affected by the Eaton and Palisades fires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Planning for the Upcoming Budget Several Considerations for One ‑Time Funds. The $7.4  billion in one ‑time funds is large by historical standards. Specifically, it exceeds the one ‑time funding we have projected in all previous outlooks, except for November 2020 ($13.7  billion) and November 2021 ($10.2  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - The state could use the one-time funds to build budget resiliency, which seems especially important given the risks of a stock market downturn. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093