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

Mar 18, 2026 - State law requires the SBE to meet at least six times per year, and these meetings are subject to open meeting laws. The SBE also has several committees and advisory groups that focus on specific areas such as curriculum, charter schools, special education, and workforce pathways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - In addition to their work responsibilities, Fellows are required to complete six units of graduate coursework. During their time in the fellowship, Fellows enroll in two courses taught in person at CSU Sacramento.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Programs That Can Generate More Than One Unit of ADA Per Student. In general, a student cannot generate more than one unit of ADA from attending school for a full academic year. However, state law provides exceptions for some specific programs —such as juvenile court schools and Extended School Year services for special education students —that operate longer than a traditional 180 ‑day school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - For K ‑12 SWP, funding is allocated from the California Community Colleges Chancellor ’s Office to eight SWP regional consortia based on each region ’s unemployment rate, share of statewide attendance in grades 7 ‑12, and share of projected job openings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Our November forecast typically incorporates published data for six of the eight quarters affecting the calculation (and our projections for the remaining quarters). This year, the sixth quarter was unavailable due to the lapse in appropriations for the federal agency providing the data (the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In recent years, California made several changes intended to comply with changes to federal rules. For example, the 2025‑26 budget provided $30 million to support the transition to paying providers prospectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A recent scientific  study  by United States Geological Survey researchers predicted that under scenarios of three feet to six feet of sea‑level rise, up to two‑thirds of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded by 2100.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Upon graduation, students can choose to continue their education at a four ‑year college or obtain an entry ‑level job in the field they studied. Industry partners commit to giving program graduates first priority for relevant job openings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Trailer legislation allows any unallocated funding to be rolled over across fiscal years, which will likely result in hundreds of millions of dollars of surplus funding being available for the program in the initial years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 4, 2026 - We analyzed previous forecasts and found that, for current ‑year revenue estimates, the May forecast is typically within about 4  percent of the year ’s final revenue collections. (The range of uncertainty for the budget year is more than twice as large.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110