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

Mar 18, 2026 - Considering Adding Legislative Appointees to the SBE. The Legislature could consider adding two legislative appointees to the SBE. These appointees could enable greater legislative oversight of the new governance system and ensure the SBE ’s policies are consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The state has modified the ADA in this calculation several times, notably removing excused absences in 1997 ‑98 and excluding concurrently enrolled adults in 1993 ‑94. Using enrollment instead of ADA, however, would likely require voter approval, as the Constitution explicitly references attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 19, 2025 - This approach would remove pressure on future Proposition   98 budgets, giving the Legislature more options during the next economic downturn. Consider Providing Districts an Advance Payment ($1.9   Billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Unclear How Frequently Schools Would Be Able to Opt Into Program in Future. Under the Governor ’s proposal, LEAs must decide by November 1, 2026 if they want to participate in the program for 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Remove Mandatory Participation Requirement for Newly Eligible CEP Schools. Given the likely state costs associated with newly eligible schools using CEP, we recommend the Legislature amend the existing state participation requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

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

Nov 10, 2025 - These reports must describe how funds were used to employ coaches and improve school literacy programs, how expenditures impact student literacy, an d how the LEA plans to continue to support literacy coaches past the award period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The 2024 ‑25 budget package removes this intent language and does not include funds for the planned augmentation. The budget package also removes the planned $550  million appropriation to the California Preschool, Transitional Kindergarten and Full-Day Kindergarten Facilities Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure  13 shows how many funded enrollment slots were moved away from those campuses. It  also shows the nine campuses that gained funded slots under the plan. CSU intends to continue implementing this plan in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989