The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - For paid and reduced ‑priced meals, the state provides funds to match the combined state and federal rate for free meals. As   Figure  1 shows, free, reduced, and paid meals generate the same total reimbursement for LEAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

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

Nov 20, 2024 - This form of compensation is tied to the company ’s stock price, so it rises when stock prices rise. State Suspended the Proposition   98 Guarantee in 2023 ‑24. The June 2024 budget plan suspended the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and approved $98.5   billion in funding for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Students who do not meet income requirements typically pay full price for school meals. The federal and state nutrition programs then reimburse schools based on the number of meals they serve. For example, in 2019 ‑20, school districts that participated in the federal National School Lunch Program generally received $3.50  per free lunch, $3.10 per reduced ‑price lunch, and 41  cents per paid lunch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

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

Feb 4, 2026 - For example, the ratio of stock prices to corporate earnings (a measure of how expensive stocks are) is near historically high levels ( Figure  5 ). Investors are borrowing large sums to buy stocks, and households are more invested in the stock market than at any time in at least 70 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Trailer legislation specifies that EL counts in TK will be calculated by applying a fact or to TK enrollment equal to the share of ELs enrolled in kindergarten who are not eligible for free or reduced-price meals and not a foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Nov 16, 2022 - Although most economic forecasters expect price inflation to moderate by the end of 2022 ‑23, evidence suggests there is a risk inflation could remain above the historical average for an extended period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - As a point of comparison, 59  p ercent of all students statewide qualify for free or reduced ‑price meals. (The program data technically include all students —regardless of income —who are homeless, migrant, or foster youth, or who come from families in which neither parent received a high school diploma.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The state calculates the COLA rate using a price index published by the federal government. This index accounts for changes in the cost of goods and services purchased by state and local governments across the country during the preceding year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - Assumptions About Buses and Charging Stations Generally Reflect Current Prices. The  administration developed its proposal assuming districts could purchase an electric bus for about $400,000. Based on our review of other school bus replacement programs and our interviews with districts that recently purchased electric buses, we think this assumption reasonably reflects the current price of a full ‑size electric bus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - If adjusted annually based on the California Consumer Price Index (CA CPI), that monthly salary rate would be $3,447 in 2024 ‑25. Candidates Have Expressed Concern Regarding Salary Amount. The Center shared with us that it does not have a problem with receiving applications, but it does face challenges in getting candidates to accept offers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989