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

Nov 10, 2025 - These funds will support general operations and the Unified Champion Schools Program, the Healthy Athletes Program, and the Community Sports Program. The funding is intended to provide the Special Olympics with $10  million in funding annually from 2025-26 through 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Overview of Proposition 28 Arts Funding for Schools [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2026 - Assembly Committee on Education and Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5109

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Of the total provided, $3.4  million is awarded in competitive grants as “seed ” funding for the development of specialized instruction and $1.5  million supports the state ’s two SSP ‑funded high schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The key limitations of the proposed structure ar e: Funding would be available for schools at any grade level, rather than targeted to earlier grades. The research suggesting math coaches are an effective strategy is specific to the elementary grades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - Trailer legislation makes this funding available through a competitive grant process and requires interested applicants to follow best practices developed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Though a 10  percent increase is slightly above the current salary amount adjusted for the CA CPI, this increase is intended to also help make the program more accessible and keep the program competitive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2022-23 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - CTC competitively awarded planning grants of up to $250,000 to universities. 10 2017 ‑18 Assisted districts with recruiting and preparing teachers, principals, and other school leaders. California Center on Teaching Careers competitively awarded grants to 26 districts, COEs, and schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - It is also unclear how the Governor ’s school mental health proposals are intended to interact with some of the Governor ’s proposals in K ‑ 12 e ducation that could also expand access to mental health support in schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - In the coming weeks, the California Department of Education will have preliminary attendance data for the current year that will help th e Legislature determine whether or not the state is on target to meet the Governor ’s budget assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2022-23 Budget: Green School Bus Grants

Feb 10, 2022 - EPA must award grants on a competitive basis, but no state may receive more than 10  percent of the available funding in any year. Districts and contractors are both eligible to apply. The U.S. EPA is still developing the details of the program, including application procedures and the methodology for ranking applications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4525