The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - We also explored a variant of our main forecast in which the minimum guarantee is unchanged but the statutory COLA is 5 percent per year from 2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26. Baseline costs grow more quickly in this scenario, reducing the amount available for new commitments to about $7 billion in 2023 ‑24 and about $9 billion in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Districts Spent $1.6   Billion Through 2023 ‑24 and Report Faster Spending in 2024 ‑25. The December 2024 interim reports show that districts spent $1.6  billion through the first two years of the program (2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As a result of the pandemic, State Preschool enrollment experienced a significant decline of roughly 65,000 students in 2020 (Figure 3). While enrollment has increased since 2020, it remains significantly below pre‑pandemic levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Nov 16, 2022 - Our forecast anticipates relatively large increases in property tax revenue of 7  percent in 2023 ‑24 and 5.2  percent in 2024 ‑25. These increases reflect the housing boom that began in the summer of 2020 and continued until early 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, TK enrollment declined during 2020 ‑21 due to the pandemic, then started to increase more quickly in the expansion years. TK Funded Through LCFF. Similar to all other K ‑12 students, eligible TK students generate attendance ‑based funding through LCFF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Lastly, ARP provides $7 .2  billion for the federal government to reimburse certain costs for eligible schools and libraries to connect individuals (including students and school staff) to the internet during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - In 2020 ‑21, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) issued 289 new RLAAs and RLLS credentials (194 RLAA and 95 RLSS credentials). This increased to 430  in 2021 ‑22 (358 RLAA and 72 RLLS newly issued credentials).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding The 2023-24 Budget State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding In recent years, schools have received significant one-time state and federal funding to address a variety of issues, including the effects of learning loss and higher costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - While these returns fell short of CalSTRS ’ actuarially assumed rate of 7 percent, the system recovered somewhat from initial larger losses earlier in 2020 as the global economy essentially ground to a halt in response to the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - Funding would support at least an additional 1, 041 p articipants with grants of up to $24, 000 o ver five years. School districts, county offices of education (COEs), and charter schools that have not previously received funding would receive priority for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381