July 2025
K-12 Education
New Workload and Funding for the California Department of Education (CDE)
2025-26 (Dollars In Thousands)
| Change | Positions | Funding | Duration |
| Federal Funds | |||
| Support Stronger Connections Technical Assistance Grant Program. | — | $570 | Variesa |
| Support Individualized Education Program Template translations. | — | 500 | One-time |
| Support Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant | — | 475 | Ongoingb |
| Support Comprehensive Support and Improvement Program. | — | 465 | Ongoing |
| Support workload associated with Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer. | — | 385 | Ongoing |
| Provide federally required special education monitoring and technical assistance to small local educational agencies | 2 | 337 | Ongoing |
| Provide federally required federally required monitoring of individualized education program data. | 1 | 146 | Ongoing |
| State Fundsc | |||
| Provide funding for legal costs. | — | $2,000 | One-time |
| Support department information technology security and cybersecurity. | — | 1,659 | Variesd |
| Collect and report salary and benefits data as required by Chapter 345 of 2024 (AB 938, Muratsuchi). | 9 | 1,437 | Variese |
| Replace technology used to make the Principal Apportionment. | 3 | 1,271 | Variesf |
| Support workload associated with State Preschool fiscal policies. | 8 | 1,092 | Ongoing |
| Support workload associated with Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer. | — | 385 | Ongoing |
| Support priority school districts with facilities as required by Chapter 81 of 2024 (AB 247, Muratsuchi). | 3 | 854 | Variesg |
| Develop and implement statewide plan for the English Learner Roadmap Policy as required by Chapter 946 of 2024 (AB 2074, Muratsuchi). | 1 | 328 | Variesh |
| Support data collection and reporting for District of Choice program as required by Chapter 865 of 2024 (SB 897, Newman). | 1 | 141 | Ongoing |
| Support Instructional Quality Commission. | — | 98 | One-time |
| Support workload associated with newly prohibited substances in school meals as required by Chapter 914 of 2024 (AB 2316, Gabriel). | — | 77 | One-time |
| Develop school guidance for extreme weather as required by Chapter 463 of 2024 (SB 1248, Hurtado). | — | 57 | One-time |
| Totals | 28 | $12,277 | |
| a Of this funding, $570,000 is available in 2025-26, $272,000 in 2026-27, and $280,000 in 2027-28. | |||
| b Funding provided annually until 2028-29. | |||
| c Funded with Non-Proposition 98 General Fund unless otherwise noted. | |||
| d Of this funding, $1.7 million is available on a one-time basis and $1.6 million is available ongoing. | |||
| e Of this funding, $1.4 million is available in 2025-26 and 2026-27 and $1.2 million is available ongoing. | |||
| f Of this funding, $1.3 million is available on a one-time basis and $538,000 is available ongoing. | |||
| g Funded by the State School Facilities Fund. Of this funding, $854,000 is available on a one-time basis in 2025-26 and $1.1 million is available in 2026-27 through 2029-30. | |||
| h Of this funding, $328,000 is available on a one-time basis and $164,000 is available ongoing. | |||