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

Feb 4, 2026 - Figure 7 Governor ’s Budget Has $9.7 Billion in School Spending  Proposals (In Millions) Local Control Funding Formula COLA (2.41 percent) $1,893
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - State board of education appoints chief state school officer. 7 Note: Ten other states use less commonly adopted governance models. Source: Education Commission of the States. Governor’s Proposals Establishes a New Appointed Commissioner to Lead CDE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts. The state provided non-Proposition  98 General Fund in 2023-24 ($3  million) and 2024-25 ($5  million) for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - This program now represents the vast majority of funding schools receive for expanded learning ( Figure  5 ). ELOP Funds Allocated Through a Two ‑Tiered Funding Structure. As Figure  6 shows, the ELOP implementing legislation established two funding rates that account for TK ‑6 attendance and vary based on the proportion of a school district or charter school ’s students who are English learners or from low ‑income families (EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Compared wit h 2 014 ‑15, program participation i n 2 018 ‑ 19 i s dow n 7 71 s tudents (7. 5  p ercent). This decrease is the net change resulting from ( 1)  a decrease of 1, 304 s tudents among districts that participated in the program in bot h 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, ( 2)  a decrease of 180 s tudents associated with th e 1 3 d istricts that
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Feb 13, 2025 - …But a Compelling Alternative Is Available … The Legislature could consider several alternatives that would mitigate volatility in the guarantee without creating a settle ‑up obligation ( Figure  7 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - School districts, charter schools, COEs, and ROCPs that serve students in grades 7 ‑12 may apply for funding from either program. Applicants may partner with other entities, and may apply every year for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

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

Jan 13, 2025 - School and Community College Spending Higher by $5   Billion. Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - We estimate the state will serve 967 million meals in 2025‑26, or 46 million (5 percent) above the administration’s estimate. Based on our higher estimates, we recommend providing $32 million more than the Governor proposes for school nutrition programs in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001