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

Feb 4, 2026 - A state law adopted in 2018 ‑19 establishes an alternative payment mechanism if any settle ‑up obligation remains after the state certifies the guarantee. (The state begins the certification process after adopting its final estimate of the guarantee.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Even if these changes do not automatically solve the state ’s other longstanding education challenges, they would allow theLegislature to set goals and mon
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Evidence suggests that many prospective teachers do not know about these waivers. For example, even though initial credential fee waivers were available in 2021 ‑22, many new teachers submitted paper applications and payments by mail.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - CTEIG applications are reviewed by CDE, with final approvals made by the State Board of Education. For K ‑12 SWP, funding is allocated from the California Community Colleges Chancellor ’s Office to eight SWP regional consortia based on each region ’s unemployment rate, share of statewide attendance in grades 7 ‑12, and share of projected job openings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Betwee n 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, 13 o f these districts left the program and 9 n ew districts joined the program. This turnover occurred mainly among small districts. In bot h 2 014 ‑15 and 2018 ‑19, the same five large districts accounted for most of the participating students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - For  LEAs with eligible school sites that do not opt in by November 1, 2026, trailer legislation specifies that LEAs will have the opportunity to submit a request to be considered for funding during regular intervals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 15, 2024 - Figure 15 shows lunches served by category in 2018 ‑19 compared to 2022 ‑23. Although the total number of lunches served was relatively stable, schools served 78  million more lunches in the paid category in 2022 ‑23 compared to 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - In addition, some of the funding that has already been set aside could become available in 2025 ‑26 if a significant number of awardees do not complete the National Board certification process and/or do not work in a priority school for the maximum five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

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 Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - Specifically, the state provided increases to LCFF beyond COLA of $570  million in 2018 ‑19, $520  million in 2021 ‑22, and $4.2  billion in  2022 ‑23. LCFF Now Represents About 80   Percent of School Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661