The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Several formal evaluations of community schools nationally tend to find positive results for student and school outcomes, such as higher attendance and graduation rates, narrower academic achievement gaps as measured by standardized tests, and decreases in instances of disciplinary incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The Constitution sets forth three main tests (formulas) for calculating the Proposition  98 guarantee. Test   1 —the most commonly used test over the past 15 years —is based on a share of General Fund revenue and is unaffected by attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - The Legislature allocates most community college funding through the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF). A college district ’s allotment depends on its enrollment, share of low ‑income students, and performance on certain outcome measures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The Dyslexia Center shall submit an annual summary report beginning Februar y 1, 2027, and by February 1 of each subsequent year until the funds are exhausted. Establishes Literacy and Math Networks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 4, 2026 - For any given year, the relationship between revenues and the guarantee depends on which Proposition  98 test is operative and whether another test could become operative with different inputs. In 2025 ‑26 and 2026 ‑27, Test 1 is likely to remain operative even if revenues or other inputs vary significantly from the Governor ’s budget estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - CTC competitively awarded planning grants of up to $250,000 to universities. 10.0 California Center on Teaching Careers 2016 ‑17 and 2021 ‑22 Established a statewide teacher recruitment center to recruit qualified and capable individuals into the teaching field, particularly to low ‑income schools in special education, STEM, and bilingual education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

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

Mar 18, 2026 - (Separate from these functions, CDE operates three special schools and three diagnostic centers for students who are blind or deaf. The funding and staff for these instructional activities are not part of its state administration budget.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 170,495 General Child Care Directly contracts with center ‑based and licensed family child care providers to serve working families eligible for subsidized care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Background Center for California Studies Is Funded Within CSU ’s Budget. Apart from CSU ’s main state General Fund appropriation, the state separately funds CSU ’s Center for California Studies (the  Center).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Regional Centers (RCs) Coordinate and Pay for Individuals ’ Services. DDS contracts with 21  nonprofit RCs, which coordinate and pay for the direct services provided to “consumers ” (the term used in statute).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008