The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The 2025 ‑26 budget package provided a total of $10.3  billion for subsidized child care and State Preschool ($7.8  billion from the General Fund). Of  the total, the state provided $7.5  billion in funding for child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Feb 4, 2026 - Overall Structure Contains Nearly $9.7   Billion in New School Spending Proposals. Of the new spending, the Governor proposes to allocate more than $5.9  billion for one ‑time activities and $3.7  billion for ongoing augmentations ( Figure  7 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - The cost of covering the COLA in these years would be $3.9  billion, $4.3  billion, and $4.7  billion, respectively. These projections should be interpreted with caution, as the final rates often differ significantly from the initial estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - For 2026-27, we estimate the guarantee is $117.8 billion, an increase of $3.2 billion (2.8 percent) from the previously enacted level. This growth—combined with a required reserve withdrawal—would be just enough to fund a 2.51 percent statutory cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - During the first few years of implementation, the cost would be less than $1  billion because many of the current grantees still have one ‑time implementation funds available from prior ‑year allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget provides $2.1   billion to cover the associated increase for existing school programs. Of this amount, $1.9   billion is for the LCFF and $206   million is for categorical programs (primarily special education). $1.1   Billion for Expansion of TK.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In total, the Governor ’s budget assumes that state operations costs are reduced by $2.1  billion ($1  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2.6  billion ($1.4  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 4, 2026 - This brief examines the estimates of the Proposition 98 guarantee in the Governor’s budget and assesses the overall structure of the Governor’s school spending plan. It also examines a few of the larger spending proposals and the proposal to delay a $5.6 billion settle-up payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5110

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Under our outlook, the guarantee in 2025 ‑26 is $1.5  billion (1.3  percent) above the 2024 ‑25 enacted budget level. In addition, $3.7  billion in funding is freed ‑up from the expiration of various one ‑time costs and other formula ‑driven adjustments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Governor’s Proposal Increases Funding by $1.1   Billion for TK Expansion. For 2025 ‑26, the Governor ’s budget provides $1.1  billion to fund the additional students anticipated in the final year of TK expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968