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

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Sep 16, 2024 - The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for Save the Children to operate after school programs in rural school districts. In 2023 ‑24, Save the Children received $3  million one-time federal funding for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts. The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - Of this funding, $4.5  million is proposed to cover the cost of operating the platform for existing districts, including covering the costs of fees previously paid by participating districts. The remaining $4.8  million would cover costs associated with new districts participating on the platform, including technology operations, maintenance, and development, as well as CCGI  personnel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Their research typically involved (1)  interviewing state and local officials, (2)  reviewing the state ’s experience with its governance model, (3)  examining theories of governance, (4)  studying governance in other states, (5)  analyzing the political and fiscal incentives of the main governance entities, and (6)  gathering public  feedback.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 4, 2026 - For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ). Investors are borrowing large sums to buy stocks, and households are more invested in the stock market than at any time in at least 70 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - This program now represents the vast majority of funding schools receive for expanded learning ( Figure  5 ). ELOP Funds Allocated Through a Two ‑Tiered Funding Structure. As Figure  6 shows, the ELOP implementing legislation established two funding rates that account for TK ‑6 attendance and vary based on the proportion of a school district or charter school ’s students who are English learners or from low ‑income families (EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Lastly the Governor ’s budget includes $5  million to account for an increase in the federal COLA made available in July. An increase in the federal rate results in higher state costs for meals reimbursed at the paid rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Under the adopted budget plan, the state deposits a total of $9.5  billion into this account across the 2020-21 through 2022-23 period —an increase of $4.5  billion compared with the estimates made in June 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641