The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Budget Structure This section and figure  6 describe the allocation of the $38  billion General Fund surplus, which excludes spending on schools and community colleges. The Governor allocates: $25  billion to one-time or temporary spending, including nearly $15  billion for capital outlay; $7  billion to revenue-related reductions; $3.4  billion to the Special
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 19, 2021 - For instance, the University of California receives $7. 6  m illion ongoing (state and federal funds) to support professional development in core subject areas through the Subject Matter Projects. These options can be free of charge or on a fee ‑for ‑service basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4381

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

Feb 13, 2025 - As Figure  6 shows, school funding peaked following rapid increases in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Since that time, funding has been roughly flat after adjusting for inflation. Major Ongoing Proposals $2.1   Billion for COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

Update on the Progress of the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Nov 18, 2021 - However, CalSTRS announced after the close of the fiscal year that the system ’s assets returned 27.2 percent in 2020-21, bringing the total fund value to $308.6 billion as of June 30, 2021. This investment return experience is well above CalSTRS ’ assumed rate of 7 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4475

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - To date, the state has funded 129,800 additional slots—a 113.8 percent increase in non‑CalWORKs slots compared to 2020‑21 levels. CalWORKs caseload has also grown by over 31,000 (23.9 percent) over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - The amount of funding provided in 2021 ‑22 was sufficient to provide these districts with $672 per EL/LI student enrolled in TK through grade 6. In 2021 ‑22, one ‑third of eligible districts, enrolling 47  percent of the state ’s EL/LI students in grades TK through 6, were funded based on the Tier 1 rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

Follow-up Evaluation of the District of Choice Program

Feb 1, 2021 - Figure   6 s hows how the program has changed fro m 2 014 ‑ 15 t o 2 018 ‑19. Most notably, Latino students overtook white students as the largest users of the program over this period. This increase is due to a majority of participating districts (abou t 6 0  p ercent) increasing their share of Latino students, including a significant increase in Riverside Unified (one of the five large districts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4329

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

Nov 17, 2021 - 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. Under Mild Economic Downturn, State Could Cover Existing Commitments Only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Figure  7 shows the state ’s final SAL position after accounting for all of the May Revision proposals. As the figure shows, 2020 ‑21 would end with “negative room ” (appropriations subject to the limit above the limit) of $17  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598