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

Feb 4, 2026 - The Proposition  98 reserve is particularly powerful because it (1)  can be accessed relatively quickly, (2)  can support any school or community college activities, and (3)  avoids disrupting district cash flow (unlike payment deferrals).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - This projection is mainly related to declines in births and reductions in the school ‑age population —trends that are unlikely to reverse  quickly or change in response to enrollment ‑based funding. Statutory Adjustment Could Avoid Any Unintended Reduction in Proposition   98 Guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - The Constitution requires the state to deposit Proposition 98 funding into this reserve when the state receives high levels of capital gains revenue and the minimum guarantee is growing quickly relative to inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Better identifying these students could help districts target early intervention services to help them gain English proficiency more quickly and improve their academi c outcomes. Additionally, giving districts 60 days to assess students, as opposed to 30 days, would allow TK students more time to adjust to the school setting prior to being screened.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

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

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - It is unlikely that counties and districts could build new partnerships quickly enough to meet the application deadlines. As a result, existing partnerships are better positioned to apply for the matching funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

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: Educator Workforce Proposals

Feb 23, 2022 - To more quickly implement teacher recruitment activities, we recommend the Legislature provide funding to one of the existing entities that already do similar work. CDE and the Center are already positioned to build off existing infrastructure and expertise to respond more quickly to growing demand for more teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4556

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

Nov 16, 2022 - The picture could improve sooner if the economy grows more quickly than our forecast or the statutory COLA rate is smaller. Alternatively, it might improve after 2026 ‑27 if the state experiences a recession during the forecast period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 7, 2023 - Even if the guarantee were growing more quickly, the deficit would reduce the funding available to cover COLA and other priorities. Recognizing these risks, the Legislature generally has avoided adopting Prop osition  98 budgets that contain these deficits except during severe  downturns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4670