Charter Currents: Governor Issues Positive, if Tentative Budget Proposals for 2025-26

Governor Newsom’s Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw issued a rosy, if tentative, budget proposal for the upcoming 2025-26 fiscal year this week. The proposal is a positive one for K-12 education, including cost-of-living (COLA) increases, a one-time discretionary block grant, ongoing full implementation of recent program expansions, and funding for a laundry list of familiar categorical programs...