The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - Salaries for Fellows are not adjusted annually for increases in cost of living. Every time the Center wants to increase salaries, regardless of the amount, it must submit a new budget request to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

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

Nov 19, 2025 - This growth—combined with a required reserve withdrawal—would be just enough to fund a 2.51 percent statutory cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The state could use the one-time funds to build budget resiliency, which seems especially important given the risks of a stock market downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5093

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

Feb 13, 2025 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team; and IEP = Individualized Education Program. Allocates New Spending for a Mix of Flexible Funding and Targeted Proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget proposes suspending the statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) for child care and State Preschool reimbursement rates and redirecting the savings associated with this suspension for an increase to the monthly cost of care plus payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - The Legislature could increase funding for the community colleges by providing more unrestricted funding, more restricted funding for specified purposes, or more support directly to students to address living costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

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

Nov 19, 2025 - Funding for New Commitments Remains Limited Until Revenue Accelerates. Figure  11 illustrates how the funding available for new commitments could change over the outlook period. Specifically, it shows the difference between the Proposition  98 guarantee and the costs of existing programs (adjusted for the statutory COLA and enrollment ‑related changes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2023-24 Budget: One-Time K-12 Spending Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Most notably, the Governor ’s January budget includes $6.4  billion to provide a statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) to K ‑12  programs, as well as $300  million in new ongoing funding for high ‑poverty schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4688

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Dec 17, 2021 - Starting July 1, 2021, direct contract providers will receive a 4.05  percent cost-of-living adjustment. On January 1, 2022, all child care and preschool providers will move to the 75 th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey (or stay at their current rate if it is higher).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4485

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 5, 2025 - These services and supports include residential services, day programs, employment support, transportation, independent and supported living, and personal assistance. Statute Requires Focus on Quality and Outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5008