The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 30, 2026 - The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool $32 $293 a The 2026 ‑27 Budget Act includes a $75 million reduction beginning in 2025 ‑26 due to a decrease in federal funding. b Includes prior year one ‑time costs associated with quality carryover, child care infrastructure carryover, court cases, and the whole child community equity program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5203

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 9, 2026 - The budget provides $75  million for the Dream Resource Center Grant Program, initially authorized by Chapter  424 of 2023 (AB  278, Reyes). The competitive grant program will be administered by CDE through June 30, 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5209

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Mandates

May 1, 2026 - In March  2024, the Commission found that requirements added by Chapter  664 of 2021 (AB  367, Garcia) impose a reimbursable state-mandated program, beginning January 1, 2022. Chapter  664 expands upon the previous requirements to stock public school restrooms with menstrual products in two ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5179

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Delays the program sunset date from 2030 ‑31 to 2031 ‑32 to give the fourth cohort of implementation grantees two years to spend their extension grants. Shifts $60  million previously set aside for extension grants to be used for additional implementation grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Based on our higher estimates, we recommend providing $32 million more than the Governor proposes for school nutrition programs in 2025‑26. This would reflect cost growth more consistent with recent trends in the number of school meals served.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Making that payment in next year ’s budget, for example, would increase the deficit to about $32   billion (holding other factors constant). Assessment Three Distinct Budget Challenges Are Relevant to the Governor ’s Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Below, we describe the major components of AB  86. In-Person Instruction Provides $2  Billion, Conditional on Meeting In-Person Instruction Requirements. Funding is allocated to local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education —based on their share of total 2020 ‑21 Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) allotments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

The 2022-23 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Jan 25, 2022 - This post provides background on various special education programs, describes the Governor's proposals related to these topics, and offers associated recommendations and issues for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4494

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - This represents 71  percent of the K ‑12 SWP grantees and 32  percent of CTEIG grantees. Grantees that receive funding from both programs must set aside local matching funds for each program, as funding from one program cannot be counted as a local match for the other.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Chapter  15 of 2024 (AB  2268, Muratsuchi) eliminated the requirement for districts to assess English proficiency for all TK students beginning in 2024-25. This was intended to address concerns that the current ELPAC assessment was not developmentally appropriate for younger TK students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990