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 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 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool ‑54 ‑100.0 a Includes up to $5 million each year used for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites. b Reflects LAO estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

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

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Governor ’s Proposals Provides Nearly $54  Million for Various Teacher Recruitment and Support Activities. Of  this amount, $46  million is provided on a one ‑time basis, while the remaining $8  million is ongoing, as seen in Figure  2 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Including the $54  million provided in the 2021 ‑22 budget, the state would provide a total augmentation of $650  million to implement the new state universal meals requirement. Funds Second Round of Kitchen Infrastructure and Training Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - As a result, roughly 230 out of 424 unified and high school districts (54  percent overall) would be participating in CCGI statewide. CCGI plans to fully scale by 2025 ‑26. The proposed augmentation brings total ongoing CCGI funding to $16.6  million, with 294 districts that still need to be added to the platform.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

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

Sep 16, 2024 - Specifically, the program waives day use fees for fourth graders and their families visiting any of the 54 participating state parks. The funding will primarily support seasonal staffing and programming for participating students, as well as cover some transportat ion costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

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

Feb 15, 2024 - In contrast, under CEP the school would have 54  percent of its meals reimbursed at the paid rate. (The school ’s ISP of 29  percent would be multiplied by 1.6 to determine the share of meals reimbursed at the free rate [46  percent].
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839