Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - California State Lottery Revenues. State law requires a portion of revenues from the State Lottery to be allocated annually among schools, community colleges, and other public and higher education systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan Total $7,768 a Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of existing 12:1 staffing ratios. b Applies to the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child and Adult Care Food
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education Total $719 a Applies to the Foster Youth Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Charter School Facility Grant Program, American Indian Education Centers, Equity Multiplier, and K ‑12 mandates block grant. b Uses reappropriated Proposition 98 funds (previously appropriated funds for other purposes that were not spent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - Schools also received and are required to use a portion of funding from state lottery revenues for books and instructional materials under Proposition  20 (2000), typically several hundred million dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

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

Nov 28, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education $3,340 a Budget package also provides $938 million for arts education as required by Proposition 28 (2022). b Applies to the Foster Youth Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Charter School Facility Grant Program, American
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - If a school receives full funding, all of its nonclassroom ‑based ADA counts towards key funding calculations, including the school ’s LCFF  allotment and lottery ‑based apportionment. SBE  may reduce funding determinations to either 85  percent or 70  percent of full funding —meaning 85  percent or 70  percent of a school ’s ADA is counted in the applicable funding  calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 7, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant ‑$1,174 Total K ‑12 Spending Changes $5,221 a Applies to Special Education, State Preschool, Child Nutrition, K ‑12 mandates block grant, Charter School Facility Grant Program, Foster Youth Program, American Indian education programs, and Adults in Correctional Facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Black students accounted fo r 2 . 4  p ercent, and American Indian and Pacific Islander students each accounted for less tha n 0 . 5  p ercent. Share of Latino Students Rising Over Time. Figure   6 s hows how the program has changed fro m 2 014 ‑ 15 t o 2 018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - (The changes related to State Preschool will be covered in our forthcoming publication, The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool. ) Figure 3 2022 ‑23 Budget Package Contains $33 Billion in New Proposition 98 Spending Proposition 98 and Reappropriated Funds (In Millions) Ongoing Additional LCFF increase above COLA $4,320 New LCFF adjustment for declining attendance in school
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641