July 2025

Proposition 98 Overview

Proposition 98 Spending Proposals

2023-24 Through 2025-26, Includes Reappropriated Funds (In Millions)

K-12 Education  
Ongoing  
LCFF COLA (2.3 percent) $1,753
Transitional kindergarten (TK) expansiona 927
Expanded Learning Opportunities Program 526
TK lower student to adult ratios 517
COLA for select categorical programs (2.3 percent)b 176
SUN Bucks administration 22
K-12 High Speed Network 4
CA College Guidance Initiative 3
Free Application for Federal Student Aid mandate 2
Regional English learner lead agencies 2
Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers 2
FCMAT salary adjustment 1
Subtotal ($3,933)
One Time  
Discretionary block grant $1,700
Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant 379
Student teacher stipends 300
Deferral paydown 247
Literacy and math coaches 215
Literacy instruction professional development 200
Universal school meals block grant 160
Career technical education (pending legislation) 150
Teacher Residency Grant Program 70
Reading difficulties screening administration 40
Mathematics Professional Learning Partnership 30
National Board Certified Teacher Certification Incentive Program 30
Special Olympics 30
Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative bridge funding 20
State Preschool monthly cost of care plus payments 19
Secondary school redesign pilot 10
Reading difficulties screening tool 10
Statewide literacy and math networks 15
TK English language proficiency screeners 10
Basic aid fire-related property tax backfill 10
TK multilingual learner supplemental funding 8
IEP template digitization and translation 2
Reappropriation for California School for the Deaf-Fremont 2
Instructional framework process reform 1
FCMAT support for wildfire-affected districts and charter schools 1
CA Association of Student Councils 1
ELA/ELD guidance —c
Subtotal ($3,659)
Other  
2025-26 payment deferral -$1,875
Special education unspent funding -173
Subtotal (-$2,047)
Total K-12 Education $5,544
California Community Colleges  
Ongoing  
COLA for apportionments (2.30 percent) $217
Enrollment growth (2.35 percent) 140d
COLA for select categorical programs (2.30 percent)e 30
Rising Scholars Network 10
Credit for prior learning 5
Subtotal ($402)
One Time  
2024-25 deferral repayment $244
2024-25 apportionments shortfall coverage 210
Student support block grant 60
Career passports 25
Emergency student financial aid 20
Credit for prior learning 15
Dreamer Resource Liaisons 15
Common Cloud Data Platform 12
EMT/paramedic preapprenticeships 10
Healthy School Food Pathway program 10
eTranscript backfillf 7
Apprenticeship instructional hours 6
Financial aid outreach 5
Los Angeles regional workforce development initiative 5
Santa Rosa Junior College fire academy tower —g
Subtotal ($644)
Other  
2025-26 apportionments deferral -$408
Total California Community Colleges $638
Total Spending Proposals $6,183
aReflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of existing 12:1 staffing ratios.
bApplies to the Foster Youth Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Charter School Facility Grant Program, American Indian Education Centers, Equity Multiplier, and K-12 mandates block grant.
cBudget provides $250,000 for this purpose.
d Of this amount, $100 million is provided beginning in 2024-25 and $40 million is provided beginning in 2025-26.
e Applies to the Adult Education Program, apprenticeship programs, CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and mandates block grant.
f The 2024-25 Budget Act authorized $12 million in reappropriated Proposition 98 funds for this purpose, but only $5.4 million was available. The 2025-26 budget package covers the shortfall.
g Budget provides $125,000 for this purpose.
LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, IEP = individualized education program, ELA/ELD = English language arts/English language development, and EMT = emergency medical technician.