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

Feb 4, 2026 - Several signs, however, suggest that the stock market has become overvalued. For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Feb 13, 2025 - …But a Compelling Alternative Is Available … The Legislature could consider several alternatives that would mitigate volatility in the guarantee without creating a settle ‑up obligation ( Figure  7 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Given the flexibility and local control over these federal funds, schools have a broad range of options to hire and retain qualified, prepared teachers, including teacher service awards, signing bonuses, or student debt payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Compared wit h 2 014 ‑15, program participation i n 2 018 ‑ 19 i s dow n 7 71 s tudents (7. 5  p ercent). This decrease is the net change resulting from ( 1)  a decrease of 1, 304 s tudents among districts that participated in the program in bot h 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, ( 2)  a decrease of 180 s tudents associated with th e 1 3 d istricts that
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - School districts, charter schools, COEs, and ROCPs that serve students in grades 7 ‑12 may apply for funding from either program. Applicants may partner with other entities, and may apply every year for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - As shown in Figure  5, the Governor proposes allocating nearly $10  billion of this total to pay down deferred payments from previous years, $5  billion (including $2.1  billion ongoing) for high-poverty schools and districts, nearly $1.4  billion for community colleges, and the remainder (roughly $6  billion) for other K-12 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Lastly, ARP provides $7 .2  billion for the federal government to reimburse certain costs for eligible schools and libraries to connect individuals (including students and school staff) to the internet during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Mar 18, 2026 - State board of education appoints chief state school officer. 7 Note: Ten other states use less commonly adopted governance models. Source: Education Commission of the States. Governor’s Proposals Establishes a New Appointed Commissioner to Lead CDE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Sep 16, 2024 - The Marin COE may use up to 5  percent of the funding for administrative costs. (The state also provided $1.5  million one-time non-Proposition  98 General Fund for this purpose in 2023 ‑24.) Funds Research on Models of Instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929