The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - Under the Governor ’s budget, the state would make four adjustments that increase the reserve balance to $4.1  billion ( Figure  4 ). The  largest adjustment is a $3.8  billion mandatory deposit in 2024 ‑25, driven by significantly higher capital gains revenue since June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As part of the state ’s accountability system, districts report various student outcomes, referred to as statewide indicators, which are then displayed on a public website known as the school dashboard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - Displaying total COE revenues and expenditures —including funding for district support and funding that is passed through to districts —makes it more challenging to assess spending specifically related to juvenile court and county community schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - The Provider Directory is an online portal that will store and display information about service providers statewide. DDS required providers to complete a data collection survey by October 4, 2024 and then validate the submitted data in the Provider Directory in order to satisfy this performance metric.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Apr 29, 2021 - CRRSAA provided $4.1  billion for a second round of GEER funding. The first two rounds of GEER funding share many similarities, including the state allocation formula and allowable uses, with one difference related to private school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Feb 7, 2023 - For consistency with the displays in the Governor ’s budget, we exclude this funding from our Proposition  98 spending totals in 2023 ‑24. Proposition  28 (2022) Establishes New Program to Fund Arts Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - State Displays Chronic Absenteeism Data on the California School Dashboard. The state publicly displays outcomes on several performance measures on a website known as the California School Dashboard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - The Surplus Figure  3 displays the major spending decisions that the Governor made in allocating state discretionary funds (including proposals carried forward from January). It includes: (1)  the $34  billion in spending choices using the overall General Fund surplus (this figure excludes reserve deposits, tax refunds, and debt payments, which are shown instead in Figure   4) and (2)  the $33  billion surplus within the school and community college budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - Figure 4 shows the current division of UAO between the state and employers, displayed as the difference between the green bars (indicating current obligations) and blue bars (indicating current assets).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Major Spending Choices Figure  2 displays the major budgetary decisions that the Governor made in allocating state and federal money, totaling $85  billion. It includes (1)  the General Fund surplus, (2)  school and community college spending, (3)  the American Rescue Plan (ARP) fiscal relief funds, and (4)  ARP capital projects funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432