The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California State University 740 4% a Reflects annualized FTE resident students across all student levels. Summer is the first term of the college year. For example, summer 2024 enrollment counts towards 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2026-27 Budget: Computer Science Supplementary Authorization

Mar 6, 2026 - For example, the cost of receiving a computer science supplementary authorization is typically less than $5,000 in both the California State University and University of California systems. As a result, a modest increase in the size of the grant, as proposed by the Governor, is unlikely to increase demand for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5153

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Students in the program then take a mix of high school and community college courses that lead both to a high school diploma and a “no cost ” associate degree in a designated science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) field (including manufacturing and information technology).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

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

Nov 10, 2025 - This guidance will inform the Instructional Quality Commission and SBE on the degree to which new materials conform to the new ELA/ELD framework, incorporate media literacy, and include foundational skills a nd language development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Educational Governance and Accountability: Taking the Next Step 2025 Policy Analysis for California Education A nonpartisan research center led by faculty at Stanford University, University of California, and University of Southern California, focusing on school performance and equity issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Universal Meals Intended to Reduce Stigma, Increase Attendance, and Improve Student Well ‑Being. Since 2021 ‑22, the state provided the Nutrition Policy Institute, a research institute affiliated with the University of California, $7  million to evaluate universal meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Second, universal transitional kindergarten will be fully implemented in 2025‑26. (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 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - A state law adopted in 2018 ‑19 establishes an alternative payment mechanism if any settle ‑up obligation remains after the state certifies the guarantee. (The state begins the certification process after adopting its final estimate of the guarantee.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - (The  state adopted this mechanism in the early 1990s to prevent disproportionate funding reductions during economic downturns.) The state could use this approach during a transition period while districts adjust to enrollment ‑based funding, and then repeal it once attendance rates stabilize.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - The greatest potential improvements would involve replacing older diesel buses manufactured under the pre ‑2007 emission standards. Available data suggest that districts own more than 5,000 diesel buses manufactured before these standards took effect, including a couple hundred buses manufactured prior to 1991  (when emission standards were substantially less stringent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525