Education

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

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March 5, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance

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

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February 27, 2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education

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

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February 13, 2025 - This brief examines the estimates of the Proposition 98 guarantee in the Governor’s budget and assesses the overall structure of the Governor’s plan for K-12 funding. It also examines a few of the larger spending proposals and the proposal to delay a $1.6 billion settle-up payment.

Update (2/21/25): This brief has been updated to reflect our office’s estimate of the K-12 COLA (2.26 percent).

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

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September 16, 2024 - This post summarizes Proposition 98 funding and K-12 education spending in the 2024-25 budget package.

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Funding in the May Revision

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May 16, 2024 - Proposition 98 and K-12 Funding in the May Revision

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Education

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February 29, 2024 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Education

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February 27, 2024 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

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February 21, 2024 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals relating to community college enrollment, apportionments, and nursing education. In addition, the brief provides a number of recommendations and options to help the Legislature address the large gap between current community college spending and available Proposition 98 funding.

The 2024-25 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 98 Funding Maneuver

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February 15, 2024 - In this brief, we evaluate the Governor’s novel proposal to allow schools to keep $8 billion of cash disbursements above the minimum requirement without recognizing the budgetary impact of those payments.

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

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February 15, 2024 - In this report, we assess the architecture of the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and analyze his major proposals for K-12 education.

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

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November 28, 2023 - This post summarizes overall Proposition 98 funding and K-12 education spending in the 2023-24 budget package. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan (Senate Handout)

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March 2, 2023 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan (Assembly Handout)

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February 28, 2023 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance

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

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February 16, 2023 - In this brief, we provide our analysis and recommendations regarding the administration’s proposals for using available 2021-22 Proposition 98 funds.

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposition 98 Overview and K-12 Spending Plan

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February 7, 2023 - In this brief, we analyze the estimates of the Proposition 98 guarantee in the Governor’s budget and assess the overall structure of the Governor’s plan for K-12 funding.