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

Feb 4, 2026 - It paid the remaining amount over the 2015 ‑16 through 2018 ‑19 period. Most recently, the June 2025 budget recognized an increase in the 2024 ‑25 guarantee but set school funding $1.9  billion below the revised estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The office would consist of the SPI and up to 11 other staff. Of these 11 staff, at least 4 would be nominated by the SPI and appointed by the SBE as required by the Constitution. The Governor ’s budget does not include additional funding for the Office of the SPI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 2 shows the total number of subsidized child care slots, as well as total funding, since 2018‑19. Statutory intent language associated with the multiyear agreement would require an additional 44,000 slots in 2026‑27 and 33,000 in 2027‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Figure  11 illustrates how the funding available for new commitments could change over the outlook period. Specifically, it shows the difference between the Proposition  98 guarantee and the costs of existing programs (adjusted for the statutory COLA and enrollment ‑related changes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - In 2018 ‑19, about 295,000 full ‑time equivalent teachers (latest data available) were employed in California ’s public school system. This  is an increase of 9.8  percent over the 2010 ‑11 level (the low point during the Great Recession).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - In 2018 ‑19, about 295,000 full ‑time equivalent teachers were employed in California ’s public school system. This is an increase of 9. 8  p ercent over the 2010 ‑ 11 l evel (the low point during the Great Recession).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Available data show that as of 2018 ‑19, 6  p ercent of the students using the District of Choice program were English learners. As Figure   11 s hows, this share is notably lower than the average for home districts ( 20  p ercent) and somewhat lower than the average for Districts of Choice ( 12  p ercent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Additionally, rates of preparation are far below the state average for homeless students (26  percent prepared), foster youth (13  percent prepared), and students with disabilities (11  percent prepared).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - In 2018 ‑19, the state provided $164  million for the state portion of school meals. This amount has grown to $1.8  billion in 2023 ‑24 (a 987  percent increase). Program costs have also consistently been higher than initially budgeted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - (The ELPAC was developed and adopted in 2018, before the state began expanding TK eligibility to younger four-year olds.) Since the ELPAC was not designed with younger TK students in mind, the major concern was that students who were developing language normally for their age could be misidentified as English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990