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

Mar 18, 2026 - This structure does not guarantee a district is well managed or eliminate conflict, but it clearly defines the local board as the final authority and allows voters to hold the school board accountable for the district ’s performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Three ‑ and four ‑year old children are generally eligible for State Preschool if their family earns at or below the state median income ($109,904 annual income for a family of three and $127,338 annual income for a family of four).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The rate study initiated in 2016 was undertaken, in part, because the historical rate structure did not result in funding levels for service providers that kept pace with system growth or supported an adequate supply of providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would make four adjustments that increase the reserve balance to $4.1  billion ( Figure  4 ). The  largest adjustment is a $3.8  billion mandatory deposit in 2024 ‑25, driven by significantly higher capital gains revenue since June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Feb 13, 2025 - In  2022 ‑23, the state began implementing a plan to make all four ‑year ‑old children eligible for TK. The  Governor ’s budget provides $1.1   billion to fund the final year of this expansion in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Grantees required to provide a dollar ‑for ‑dollar match. 50 Integrated Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Grants 2016 ‑17 Supported expanding integrated programs that allow participants to earn an undergraduate degree and a teaching credential within four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

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

Nov 19, 2025 - (The state began expanding this program four years ago.) On the other hand, the state’s school‑age population is declining due to a decrease in births that began nearly two decades ago and accelerated between 2017 and 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CDE competitively awarded grants LEAs and COEs. 25.0 Integrated Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Grants 2016 ‑17 Supported expanding integrated programs that allow participants to earn an undergraduate degree and a teaching credential within four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - Finally, it narrows the circumstances under which the State Board of Education may overturn a sch ool district or county board decision to reject a new charter school or deny renewal to an existing charter school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - These funds supplement existing funds from Proposition  51, the state school bond approved by voters in 2016. Proposition  51 authorized the state to sell $7  billion in general obligation bonds for school facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641