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

Nov 10, 2025 - The June 2023 budget reduced funding for the Zero-Emission School Bus and Infrastructure Program but expressed the Legislature ’s intent to provide additional funding in the future, including a $500  million appropriation in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Nov 28, 2023 - Trailer legislation extends the expenditure and encumbrance deadline for 2021-22 ELOP funds from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The expenditure and encumbrance deadline for 2022-23 ELOP funds remains June 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

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

Feb 13, 2025 - State Reduced LREBG in 2023 ‑24 to Address Budget Shortfall. The state faced a revenue shortfall in 2023 ‑24, accompanied by a drop in Proposition  98 funding for schools. To help address the shortfall, the June 2023 budget implemented a $1.1  billion (14.3  percent) reduction to the LREBG.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Sep 16, 2024 - (In 2024 ‑25, children who have their fifth birthday by June 2 are eligible for TK.) For 2024 ‑25, the budget package assumes LCFF costs associated with TK will be $526  million above revised 2023 ‑24 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

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

Nov 20, 2024 - State Suspended the Proposition   98 Guarantee in 2023 ‑24. The June 2024 budget plan suspended the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and approved $98.5   billion in funding for schools and community colleges. Although our estimate of General Fund revenue is up compared with the previous estimate, changes in revenue do not directly affect funding when the guarantee is suspended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

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: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - However, these reports are not due to CDE until June 30, 2025. Reports for the first round of KIT funds were previously due June 30, 2023, but the deadline was extended to 2025 because projects were taking longer than anticipated to complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The hold harmless is set to expire June 30, 2026. Funding increases for State Preschool in 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 were primarily due to rate increases. In 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, the state made one‑time reductions to the program in recognition that funding provided exceeded the amount necessary to fund all State Preschool contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 15, 2022 - By September 30, 2023, LEAs receiving funding would have to report to CDE how funds were used to establish or expand student access to multilingual  texts. Assessment Districts Are Expected to Fund Instructional Support and Libraries Through LCFF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

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

Nov 19, 2025 - When the state faced significant revenue drops in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24, it used several tools to sustain ongoing school and community college programs. Most  notably, it withdrew $9.5  billion from the Proposition  98 Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093