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

Mar 18, 2026 - Specifically, the SBE approves academic standards for English, math, and other core subject areas. These standards define what students should know and be able to do in each grade level. The SBE also approves guidance for teaching these standards, known as curriculum frameworks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - C = construction; DB = design Bbild; and STEM = science, technology, engineering, and math. Assessment Trade-Offs in Deciding How Much Funding to Allocate in 2026-27. Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would be committing nearly $1.3  billion (83  percent) of total Proposition  2 bond funding through 2026-27, leaving $249  million (17  percent) available for future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Mar 10, 2026 - STEM = science, technology, engineering, and math. DB = design-build. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1025

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - During times when school districts have constrained budgets and need to reduce programs, this may result in LEAs prioritizing community schools spending and making reductions in other areas (such as math tutoring), even if they believe t hese other activities would be more beneficial for  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - The measure requires the IQC to review AI literacy content within three of the state ’s curriculum frameworks —math, science, and history-social science —and recommend revisions every three years. It also requires that any approved AI literacy content be made available for free on the State Board of Education ’s website.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - (For  example,  a  10  percent utilization rate for math tutoring services may seem low, but if it is the 10  percent of students at risk of failing their math general education course, the activity is reaching the intended students.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099