The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Three ‑ and four ‑year old children are generally eligible for State Preschool if their family earns at or below the state median income ($109,904 annual income for a family of three and $127,338 annual income for a family of four).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - To receive funding, LEAs must attest that they will support eligible schools with math coaches, provide access to training that is aligned with state ’s math curriculum frameworks, and provide funding for individuals to earn a Mathematics Instructional Leadership Specialist Credential or a Mathematics Instructional Added Authorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though the number of students shifted from self‑ to state‑supported courses is smaller in 2024‑25 compared to 2023‑24 (745 FTE students shifted in summer 2024 compared to 4,705 FTE students shifted the previous summer), the effect is still not adding new students but adding new state costs from shifting students formerly in self‑supported courses into state‑supported ones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Feb 4, 2026 - The proposal effectively shifts that cost from this year to future budgets —helping address the current budget problem on a one ‑time basis, but adding to the large budget deficits the state is projecting over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - Furthermore, given the significant time and/or money prospective teachers would spend to pursue a teaching credential, waiving these fees are unlikely to make a difference in whether individuals decide to become teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly, rural communities that are at greater risk of experiencing water shortages due to droughts tend to be home to large proportions of households with residents of color and who earn lower incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - Providers can earn the 10   percent portion of the rate model from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 by enrolling in DDS ’s new Provider Directory. DDS is in the process of establishing the performance metric(s) that providers will have to satisfy after June  30,  2026 to earn the 10   percent portion of  the  rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008

The 2022-23 Budget: College and Career Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - By graduating high school having already earned college credits, students can save money and accelerate progress toward a postsecondary degree or certificate. Dual enrollment has various models. California ’s two most widely used models are traditional dual enrollment and College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4562

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - The district could provide this training in person or have its employees watch a prerecorded webinar. 2021 ‑22 Budget Provided $150   Million for Kitchen Infrastructure Upgrades and Staff Training. The 2021 ‑22 budget provided $150  million one ‑time Proposition  98 to local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education —for kitchen
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951