The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Mar 10, 2023 - However, recent spending data for 2021-22 provide a snapshot of spending as of June 2022. Specifically, the data shows that $1.2  billion (80  percent) of educator effectiveness funding and $622  million (24  percent) of state funding for ELOG were unspent at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Funding increases for State Preschool in 2021‑22 and 2022‑23 were primarily due to rate increases. In 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, the state made one‑time reductions to the program in recognition that funding provided exceeded the amount necessary to fund all State Preschool contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Beginning in 2021 ‑22, districts can no longer collectively bargain larger class sizes for TK and must maintain average TK class sizes of 24 or less. (Charter schools receive the K ‑3 adjustment and are exempt from the class size requirement in grades K ‑3, but must comply with the requirement for TK.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement also included a new class size requirement for TK —specifically , requiring that school districts maintain an average TK classroom enrollment of no more than 24 students at each school site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Feb 16, 2023 - Uses 2021 ‑22 Funding to Cover 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24 LCFF Costs. The Governor ’s budget proposes to use $1.8  billion in 2021 ‑22 funding to cover LCFF costs in the current and budget year —$613  million for 2022 ‑23 and $1.2  billion for 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - To be eligible for funds, LEAs must attest that at least 40  percent of reimbursable meals will be freshly prepared on-site by 2023-24. Each eligible LEA may receive a base grant of $100,000 and the remaining funds will be distributed based on the number of reimbursable meals the LEA served in October 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

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

Nov 16, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget, for example, provided a $24  million base augmentation to SCFF for enrollment growth. Based on preliminary data, only about $1  million of this funding will be earned by districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

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

Nov 17, 2021 - Our estimate of the 2021 ‑22 guarantee, for example, is up more than $24 billion (30 percent) compared with the guarantee three years ago. These funding increases provide a significant opportunity for the Legislature to make progress on its school and community college priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Fellows work 10 months in the judicial branch, 10.5 months in the executive branch, and 11 months in the Assembly and Senate. Fellows Must Meet Program Eligibility Requirements. To apply for the program, one must be at least 20 years old and have earned a bachelor ’s degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989