The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - We estimate the administration addressed a $58  billion budget problem in the Governor ’s budget. Despite this significant deficit, there is a good chance that the administration ’s revenue projections are too low and the state will face an even larger budget problem in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - From 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25, the state appropriation remained at $4  billion annually, while the Tier 1 rate and overall Tier 1 TK ‑6 attendance increased. As a result, funding available for Tier 2 rates decreased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Beginning in 2022 ‑23, Tier  1 districts have been subject to higher requirements. Specifically, these programs must offer the program to all TK through grade 6 students in classroom ‑based settings and provide access to  all students whose parent or guardian requests their placement in a program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

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

Jan 13, 2022 - On the revenue side, the Governor ’s budget includes $5.5  billion to restore net operating losses and business credits and various other tax credits, which reduce SAL  revenues by a total of $6  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Much of the funding and programmatic requirements of ASES  were established by Proposition  49, which was approved by voters in 2002. Most notably, the state is required to provide at least $550  million annually for ASES.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Introduction California operates the nation ’s largest public school system, comprising 937 school districts, 1,257 charter schools, and 58 county offices of education. This year, these local agencies will educate nearly 5.8  million students, employ around 700,000 teachers and staff, and spend nearly $150  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 15, 2024 - State law requires schools to provide instruction in visual and performing arts (including music) to all students in grades 1  through 6. Additionally, voters recently approved Proposition  28 (2022), which requires the state to provide funding specifically for arts education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Funding increases for State Preschool in 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 were primarily due to rate increases. In 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, the state made one‑time reductions to the program in recognition that funding provided exceeded the amount necessary to fund all State Preschool contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641