The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - As part of the 2021‑22 budget package, the Legislature and Governor agreed to add 206,800 non‑CalWORKs child care slots over a multiyear period. To date, the state has funded 129,800 additional slots—a 113.8 percent increase in non‑CalWORKs slots compared to 2020‑21 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - Budget trailer legislation requires DSS, beginning 2025, to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Senat e and Assembly budget committees with a proposed list of quality improvement activities that will be funded in the next fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - Provides Significant Increase for Child Care and Preschool Slots. The budget package includes $783  million in 2021-22 ($1.6  billion ongoing) across state and federal fund sources to provide additional slots for child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Trailer legislation requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to approve a list of professional development programs for English language arts (ELA) and English language development (E LD) training by September 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - Presumes Best Practices Can Be Scaled. Many categorical programs were created to encourage statewide adoption of best practices found to be effective. However, implementing best practices does not necessarily result in the same type of strong improvements when scaled at a state level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure  13 shows how many funded enrollment slots were moved away from those campuses. It  also shows the nine campuses that gained funded slots under the plan. CSU intends to continue implementing this plan in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Provide One ‑Time Grants for Training and Sharing Best Practices. The state could use one ‑time Proposition  98 funding to contract with one or more LEAs experienced in implementing effective attendance improvement initiatives to provide training across the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - This model would ( 1)  a ccount for differences in foster youth enrollment by SELPAs, ( 2)  b e easy to understand, ( 3)  u se reliable and easily updated data, and ( 4)  a void any inappropriate fiscal incentives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

Overview of Special Education Funding Models

Dec 17, 2021 - Fischer, A., Syverson, E., & Duncombe, C. (2021). 50-State Comparison: K-12 and Special Education Funding. Education Commission of the States. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-k-12-and-special-education-funding/ .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4486

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Specifically, each K ‑12 SWP region has a K ‑14 technical assistance provider that, among other responsibilities, serves as a liaison between the consortia and CDE and convenes grantees to share best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021