The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - To date, the state has funded 129,800 additional slots—a 113.8 percent increase in non‑CalWORKs slots compared to 2020‑21 levels. CalWORKs caseload has also grown by over 31,000 (23.9 percent) over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - DDS contracts with 21  nonprofit RCs, which coordinate and pay for the direct services provided to “consumers ” (the term used in statute). Services are delivered by a large network of private for ‑profit and nonprofit providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - Looking Ahead: 2020-21 Actuarial Experience CalSTRS Experienced Much Higher Than Assumed Investment Returns in 2020-21... CalSTRS next actuarial valuation —reflecting 2020-21 investment returns, payroll growth, and other factors impacting CalSTRS ’ UAO and required contribution rates —will not be available until the spring 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The state provides $21  million ongoing to high schools to operate small learning communities that integrate a career theme with academic education in grades 10 through 12. Grantees must meet certain requirements, such as provide a local match from the district and business partners from direct and/or in ‑kind supports, offer an internship or work experience for students, and establish a common planning period for academy teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, TK enrollment declined during 2020 ‑21 due to the pandemic, then started to increase more quickly in the expansion years. TK Funded Through LCFF. Similar to all other K ‑12 students, eligible TK students generate attendance ‑based funding through LCFF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - As Figure  6 shows, school funding peaked following rapid increases in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Since that time, funding has been roughly flat after adjusting for inflation. Major Ongoing Proposals $2.1   Billion for COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Jan 10, 2021 - Taxpayers would claim these tax credits and exclusions over a number of years beginning in 2020 ‑21. The Governor ’s budget assumes these proposals would reduce General Fund revenues by $76  million in 2020 ‑21 and $30  million in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

May 11, 2022 - (The state did not collect ADA data in 2020 ‑21.) The declines in enrollment during the pandemic are steeper than changes in the school ‑age population, which suggests that the pandemic has affected enrollment in 2020 ‑21 and  2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2022-23 Budget: Local Control Funding Formula

Jan 28, 2022 - For most students, remote learning replaced classroom instruction for some or all of the 2020 ‑21 school year. In response to these changes, the state temporarily modified its approach to attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4505

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - The key components of ASES and the 21st Century program, including funding levels for 2020 ‑21, are shown in Figure  1 . (As we discuss below, both programs received a temporary funding increase in 2021 ‑22.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545