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

Nov 19, 2025 - Assuming the COLA rate remains at 2.51  percent, the associated cost would be $2.5  billion. Somewhat Higher COLA Rates Projected After 2026 ‑27. Under our forecast, the COLA rate would increase after 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The monthly salary range for both positions is $5,384 to $8,406 ($64,608 to $100,872 per year) —66  percent to  2.5 times more than the Capital Fellows program. However, unlike these positions, the fellowship program has non ‑monetary benefits such as networking and experiential learning opportunities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - Under a scenario where the statutory COLA remains at 5 percent, the dip would be closer to $2.5 billion. Although the Legislature could go about determining its mix of one ‑time and ongoing funding in various ways based on its risk tolerance and spending priorities, one approach would be to set aside at least $2.5 billion for one ‑time activities to mitigate the risk from the higher inflation scenario.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

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

Mar 10, 2023 - Funding is contingent upon meeting certain in ‑person instruction requirements. 2.0 Educator Effectiveness Provides grants based on the number of full ‑time equivalent school staff for training on a variety of topics. 1.5 a Reflects $1.5 billion from ESSER I, $6 billion from ESSER II, and $13.6 billion from ESSER III. b Reflects $2.5 billion in state funding and $2 billion  in federal ESSER flexible funding available for statewide purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

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

Sep 16, 2024 - The budget provides $2.5  million in one-time federal funds to continue supporting three HETACs originally established in 2021. Three COEs were selected through a competitive grant process and received $4.5  million for a period of three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - In  addition to state funding, the federal government funds many education programs on an ongoing basis (around $2.5  billion) that are focused on addressing poor student performance and targeted to students in poverty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Across all of these programs, the total amount available for electric buses over the next several years likely would range from $2  billion to $2.5   billion —roughly double the amount for all school bus replacement programs combined over the past two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - The budget also includes $2.5  million for the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide a formative evaluation of the program by December 31, 2023 and annually thereafter, ending with a final comprehensive report on the impact of the program by December 31, 2031.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

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

Jan 10, 2021 - . $550  million to double the size of a recently created program that awards grants up to $25,000 to businesses and nonprofits with revenues under $2.5  million that were impacted by the pandemic. Other Business Grants. $250  million for California Competes to provide grants to businesses in addition to its traditional tax credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2021 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $2.5  billion (2.7  percent) in 2020 ‑21 and $5.3  billion (5.7  percent) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492