The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Governance becomes even more blurred in areas where the SPI shares authority with one of the smaller agencies. As Policy Analysis for California Education explained in 2025, “this fragmented, disjointed structure reflects the complexity of California ’s TK ‑12 system, where multiple entities operate independently, often with overlapping responsibilities. ” Muddled Direction to Schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Those programs offered by non ‑LEA providers (community ‑based organizations, county welfare departments, and cities) are funded with non ‑Proposition  98 General  Fund. Child Care Programs Must Comply With Certain Federal Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Fellows spend 11.5 months working full ‑time for the city and are paid a yearly salary of $69,000 to $107,000. Other fellowship programs in the state also pay more but require a master ’s degree or past work experience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - LEAs are eligible to apply for funding if they have schools where at least 90  percent of students are EL/LI, or rural schools where at least 75  percent of students are EL/LI. Unlike the LCRS program, LEAs must apply for these grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - The R ‑TACs have provided a wide range of technical assistance to schools, including assisting in conducting asset mapping and community needs assessments and offering communities of practice, where groups of schools implementing the model can share best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Given the significant risks to state revenue estimates, we recommend the Legislature begin preparing for scenarios where the guarantee falls short of the Governor ’s budget estimates. For example, our November General Fund revenue estimates for 2026 ‑27 were about $20  billion lower than the administration ’s estimates for that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - The  Legislature also could consider maintaining the existing reporting time lines, where districts must submit data three times a year. Consistent with current practices related to ADA, we recommend any new enrollment count be subject to annual  audits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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

Nov 10, 2025 - This new funding is to provide one-time grants of up to $10,000 to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school (a school where at least 55  percent of students are EL/LI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Giving districts 60 days to screen students, rather than the 30 days required for English learners, provides mo re time for TK students to get comfortable in the school setting before being assessed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Rather, one of the proposed formulas excludes LEAs where less than 30  percent of students are FRPM ‑ eligible —a group that is among the most likely to need significant increased capacity to meet the new requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519