Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Any private school funds remaining after six months also may be used for statewide emergency needs. The state has one year to commit the funding and until September 30, 2023 to expend funds. CRRSAA also requires states to maintain their support of K-12 education and higher education in fiscal year 2022 as a condition of receivi ng ESSER and GEER funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - While the fiscal impact of this reauthorization would be small in the budget window —an estimated $300  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —the effect would be much larger in future years, rising to roughly $2  billion in General Fund savings as early as 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The partnership will support the training of math coaches in collaboration with the California Mathematics Project —a math professional development network associated with the University of California (UC) and California State University systems as well as some private universities —and the Rural Math Collaborative, a professional development network of rural COEs led by Lake and Butte.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Nov 28, 2023 - In 2022-23 and 2023-24, TK eligibility expands by an additional two months each year. To be eligible for TK, a child must have their fifth birthday by April 2 in 2023-24, compared with February 2 in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - To bring 2021 ‑22 spending up to the revised estimate of the 2021 ‑22 minimum guarantee, the Governor ’s January budget includes a net of $990  million in new one ‑time spending proposals. (See Figure  1 .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Specifically, the budget (1)  set aside some ongoing funds for one ‑time activities and (2)  made the Proposition  98 Reserve deposits required by Proposition  2. If the state had not set aside any ongoing funds and lacked the Proposition  98 Reserve, the budget picture in 2023 ‑24 would look much different.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 2 shows the total number of subsidized child care slots, as well as total funding, since 2018‑19. Statutory intent language associated with the multiyear agreement would require an additional 44,000 slots in 2026‑27 and 33,000 in 2027‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - As discussed in the “Core Operations ” section, the state budget plan reduces General Fund support for CSU by a net of $122  million. No funding is provided to cover the marginal cost of new resident enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Based on 2023 ‑24 attendance —the data used to calculate 2024 ‑25 allocations —the proposed $435  million in additional funding would allow for increasing the number of Tier 1 districts without affecting Tier 2 rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977