The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - As discussed in the “Core Operations ” section, the state budget plan reduces General Fund support for CSU by a net of $122  million. No funding is provided to cover the marginal cost of new resident enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Nov 10, 2025 - California Association of Student Councils. The budget provides $500,000 for the California Association of Student Councils to support targeted outreach efforts to recruit participants in programs that reflect a broader geographic and socioeconomic representation of California ’s public school students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Increasing Transparency of County Office of Education Spending

Mar 14, 2024 - The template also includes a section for COEs to summarize their spending that is not included in the LCAP. COEs are not required to share any specific details in either of those sections, so th e level of detail varies by COE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4883

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - (More information about recent special education cost trends can be found under the “Special Education Finance ” section of our 2019  report Overview of Special Education in California .) State Provides Remaining Funding Through Other Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Chapter  10 also requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education to develop a template for this plan. The template must include (1)  a plan for assessing the needs of students and informing the parents of the students they identify in need of academic support, and (2)  an expenditure plan, which must indicate how much of the awarded funds will be allocated for each of the allowable uses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The second section explains the Governor ’s proposal and its connection to the overall state budget. The third section provides our assessment, and the fourth section describes our recommended alternative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - Statute also directs SBE to address several implementation details, such as developing an LCAP template that all districts must use. As shown in Figure  8 , some priority areas focus on academic success (such as student achievement and course access), while others address issues outside of academics (such as parental involvement and school climate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 3,400 Migrant Child Care Provides subsidized child care services to migrant families working in agriculturally related industries. b  Services are provided throughout the Central Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168