The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Districts commonly notify families of enrollment in the spring before the next school year. As a result, any changes for the 2025 ‑26 school year typically would require some notifications to occur in the next few months —before the Legislature typically passes the annual  budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The state will not have complete tax collection data for 2025 ‑26 before adopting the June budget. Moreover, complex accrual policies could assign future revenue gains or losses to 2025 ‑26 after the year ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, the SPI could spend more time sponsoring legislation, advocating before the Legislature, and representing the public’s interest in education issues. The trailer legislation, however, does not codify any specific duties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - We also recommend the Legislature require adoption of the accreditation process several months before schools begin going through accreditation. For example, the Legislature could require a status update by January 2028 and adoption of the process by January 2029, wit h the goal of beginning accreditation activities in 2029 ‑30.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Specifically, General Fund revenues would have to exceed our estimate by roughly $14  billion in 2026 ‑27 before the formulas would cancel the withdrawal. (This  threshold holds all other inputs constant.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These conditions decrease the amount of spring and early summer snowmelt runoff upon which the state historically has depended for its annual water supply, at the same time that they increase the demand for irrigation water in both agricultural and urban settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

May 17, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = Department of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/7

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Giving districts 60 days to screen students, rather than the 30 days required for English learners, provides mo re time for TK students to get comfortable in the school setting before being assessed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This brief provides a short summary of the Governor’s proposed budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) before addressing four issues that warrant legislative oversight: (1) quality incentives as part of service provider rate reform, (2) the Master Plan for Developmental Services, (3) DDS’s ongoing information technology project, and (4) the phaseout of subminimum wage employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5008