The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The results from the screener cannot be used to classify students as ELs or for any high-stakes purposes (such as for ident ifying a student as an individual with exceptional needs.) Provides Funding Intended to Mitigate Funding Loss of Not Identifying English Learners in TK.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposed language specifies that the results from the screener could not be used to classify students as English learners or for any high stakes-purposes (such as for identifying students as individuals with exceptional needs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - An imbalance of indicators can result in an overidentification of high schools as needing to receive additional support under federal rules. Legislature Could Consider Ways to Highlight High School Chronic Absenteeism Rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - CCGI generates some additional funding by collecting fees from participating districts and charter schools —$2 per middle school student and $2.75 per high school student. Fee revenue for 2021 ‑22 was slightly less than $700,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553

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

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, elementary education did not become compulsory until 1874, and the state did not begin funding high schools until 1904. Early  SPIs had negligible budgets and only a  few  staff. Governance Structure Changed Several Times During the State ’s Early History.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - (Middle college high schools operate on community college campuses and are targeted to students who are at risk of dropping out of high school. Early college high schools partner with a community college or public university that allows students to earn a diploma and up to two years of college credit by graduation.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

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

Feb 4, 2026 - In 2024 ‑25, the maintenance factor payment makes the guarantee highly sensitive to revenue changes. The potential fluctuations in 2024 ‑25, however, are much smaller than in the other years. Prepare for the Possibility the Guarantee Is Billions of Dollars Lower.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - If the Legislature finds that additional one ‑time funding to support community schools is a high priority at that time, it could provide a specific appropriation accordingly. Background State Has Three Expanded Learning Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Based on the most recent projections from Department of Finance, the number of high school graduates in California peaked in 2021‑22. As Figure 15 shows, the number of high school graduates is projected to decline by 17,689 students (4 percent) from 2024‑25 to 2027‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Elementary school teachers likely benefit most from the subject matter expertise of a math coach, as they typically do not have the same level of subject matter expertise as middle and high school math teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012