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

Mar 18, 2026 - Introduction California operates the nation ’s largest public school system, comprising 937 school districts, 1,257 charter schools, and 58 county offices of education. This year, these local agencies will educate nearly 5.8  million students, employ around 700,000 teachers and staff, and spend nearly $150  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance

May 11, 2022 - As Figure  4 shows, 55 of the 58 counties in California have experienced ADA declines during the pandemic. Of these 55  counties, 36 experienced two ‑year declines between 5  percent and 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4595

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

Feb 15, 2024 - We estimate the administration addressed a $58  billion budget problem in the Governor ’s budget. Despite this significant deficit, there is a good chance that the administration ’s revenue projections are too low and the state will face an even larger budget problem in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4840

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

Nov 10, 2025 - (The previous round of grants restricted funding to schools with EL/LI of at least 95  percent.) The grant size is based on a school ’s TK-3 enrollment, with a minimum grant of $450,000. The remaining $15  million will be awarded to a COE to provide training to literacy coaches throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The state provided a total of $477  million for the program (across 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24) for all schools with K ‑3 enrollment and an EL/LI share of 95  percent or higher. Schools received a minimum grant of $450,000, with additional funding distributed proportionally based on K ‑3 enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 16, 2023 - Specifically, eligibility is for elementary schools that have not previously received LCRS program funding and have a student body where at least 95  percent of students are low ‑income or English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

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

Feb 15, 2022 - The funding would be provided to local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and COEs —for each school site where at least 95  percent of students in Transitional Kindergarten through grade 6 are English learners or low income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2022-23 Budget: California College Guidance Initiative

Feb 22, 2022 - As of 2021 ‑22, 95 school districts participate in CCGI. CCGI Is Funded Through Mix of Proposition  98, Fee Revenue, and Philanthropy. In 2018 ‑19, the state provided CCGI $3.5  million ongoing Proposition  98 for operational costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4553