The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - The blue bars represent the amount by which the Proposition  98 guarantee is above or below the cost of covering existing programs as adjusted by the statutory COLA. Negative bars indicate a “shortfall ” (the guarantee is insufficient to cover these costs) and positive bars indicate a “surplus ” (the guarantee is more than sufficient).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

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

Nov 19, 2025 - The positive bars indicate the guarantee could cover existing programs with funds left over for new commitments —similar to a surplus. This surplus remains small over the next few years, but increases in the final year when the guarantee grows more rapidly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

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 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - High Bar for Approving New Non‑Proposition 98 General Fund for Golden State Teacher Grant Program. As we discussed in our recent report, The 2025‑26 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Budget , the General Fund budget is roughly balanced for 2025‑26, but the state faces multiyear budget deficits in the out‑years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Most of this increase appears linked with special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock compensation. These increases, in turn, are linked with the recent run up in the stock market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Each statewide indicator is linked to one of eight state priority areas. Outcomes from standardized tests, for example, are part of the student achievement priority area, while chronic absenteeism is one of two indicators (along with the high school graduation rate) used to measure student engagement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The budget provides $20  million for the Sacramento COE to award competitive grants to LEAs participating in the first three fee schedule cohorts of the CYBHI school-linked statewide fee schedule. This schedule was developed by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as part of the CYBHI to standardize reimbursement rates for behavioral health services provided to children
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Currently, each of these entities collects and maintains data on its students, but the data generally are no t linked across the segments of education (such as from high school to community college).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Once the information in the Provider Directory is linked to RC service areas, the department could identify potential gaps in service availability throughout the  state. …But Is Only the First Step Towards Measuring Quality.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951