July 2018

K-12 Education

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program

(Dollars in Millions)

  2016-17
Final
2017-18
Revised
2018-19
Enacted
Change from 2017-18
  Amount Percent
LCFF - Districts $55,832 $57,383 $61,062 $3,679 6.4%
           
LCFF - County Offices of Education $1,029 $1,040 $1,046 $6 0.6%
           
Categorical Programs          
Special Education $3,773 $3,831 $3,924 $93 2.4%
State Preschoola $975 $1,122 $1,215 $93 8.3%
After School Education and Safety $547 $597 $597
Energy efficiency grants $399 $376 $0 -$376 -100%
Mandates Block Grant $219 $230 $236 $6 2.6%
Child Nutrition $159 $163 $164 $2 1.1%
Career Technical Education Incentive Grants $300 $200 $150 -$50 -25%
Charter School Facility Grants $112 $133 $137 $4 2.7%
Student assessments $110 $108 $129 $20 19%
Other educational agencies $85 $85 $85 $0 -0.1%
Systems of support for low-performing districts $0 $0 $68 $68 N/A
Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program $25 $26 $26 $1 3%
Partnership Academiesb $21 $21 $21
Career Pathways Program $0 $15 $15
Adults in Correctional Facilities $15 $15 $15
Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program $9 $11 $15 $5 42%
Student Friendly Services $3 $6 $7 $1 18%
California Collaborative for Educational Excellencec $0 $0 $12 $12 N/A
County Offices of Education fiscal oversight $5 $5 $6
Specialized Secondary Programs $5 $5 $5
Agricultural Vocational Education $4 $4 $4
Otherd -$285 $1,543 $281 -$1,262 -82%
Subtotals $6,482 $8,497 $7,113 -$1,384 -16%
Totals $63,343 $66,919 $69,220 $2,301 3.4%
a Includes $50 million each year for the Quality Rating and Improvement System. Does not include wrap care provided by non-local education agencies. In 2017-18, the state provided $168 million for this purpose.
b In each of these three years, Partnership Academies also received between $8 million and $9 million from the Career Pathways Program, which was administered by the California Community Colleges in 2016-17 and the California Department of Education in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
c The State created the Collaborative in 2013-14. To date, the state has provided a total of $34 million one time ($10 million in 2013-14 funds and $24 million in 2015-16 funds) to support the Collaborative and its work with low-performing districts. The bulk of this one-time funding has been for targeted professional development and pilot support programs.
dIncludes per-student discretionary grants and various other one-time initiatives: the 2016-17 amount includes $50 million for the Classified Employees Summer Assistance Program and $15 million for the After School Kids Code Grant Pilot Program. The 2017-18 amount includes $300 million for the Low-Performing Students Block Grant, $75 million to establish teacher residency programs, $25 million to support paraprofessionals, and $50 million to develop local solutions to special education teacher shortages. All years include various other, smaller one-time initiatives as well as programs that receive less than $4 million in ongoing funding. All years also include negative adjustments for ongoing costs paid with one-time funds and a settlement related to an Orange County property tax issue.