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Education Learning Lab asks for restored funding; LAO recommends winding down amid budget pressures

Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on State Administration · April 28, 2026
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Summary

The California Education Learning Lab requested permanent restoration of $4 million for grantmaking and highlighted a $12 million AI challenge; the Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended rejecting the governor’s proposal to retain the program given projected deficits and competing priorities.

The California Education Learning Lab asked the Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 to restore its budget on a permanent basis and to move the program administratively into the Government Operations Agency, arguing the grant program supports intersegmental faculty projects and student success.

Lark Park, director of the Learning Lab, said the program has funded more than 120 projects and that the governor’s…

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