January 2026
K-12 Education
K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2024-25 Revised |
2025-26 Revised |
2026-27 Proposed |
Change From 2025-26 |
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| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) | |||||
| School districts and charter schools | $80,019 | $83,541 | $85,810 | $2,269 | 3% |
| County offices of education | 1,423 | 1,465 | 1,488 | 24 | 2 |
| Subtotals | ($81,442) | ($85,006) | ($87,298) | ($2,293) | (2.7%) |
| Categorical Programs | |||||
| Special Education | $6,342 | $6,457 | $6,978 | $521 | 8% |
| Expanded Learning Opportunities Program | 4,000 | 4,607 | 4,669 | 62 | 1 |
| Student Support and Discretionary Block Granta | 2,089 | 226 | 2,123 | 1,898 | 841 |
| State Preschoolb | 1,378 | 1,835 | 1,962 | 127 | 7 |
| Child Nutrition | 1,846 | 1,937 | 1,869 | -68 | -4 |
| Arts and music funding (Proposition 28) | 907 | 1,045 | 1,067 | 22 | 2 |
| Community schools | — | — | 1,000 | 1,000 | — |
| After School Education and Safety | 795 | 794 | 794 | — | — |
| Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant | 757 | 379 | — | -379 | -100 |
| Equity Multiplier | 303 | 310 | 318 | 7 | 2 |
| Career Technical Education Incentive Grants | 450c | 300 | 300 | — | — |
| Mandates Block Grant | 267 | 273 | 280 | 7 | 2 |
| Teacher residencies | — | 70 | 250 | 180 | 257 |
| Charter School Facility Grants | 168 | 182 | 191 | 9 | 5 |
| System of support for low-performing districts | 147 | 142 | 148 | 5 | 4 |
| Student assessments | 108 | 108 | 108 | 1 | 1 |
| Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program | 99 | 90 | 90 | — | — |
| State special schools | 78 | 85d | 86 | 2 | 2 |
| Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program | 32 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| National Board Certification Incentive Grant Program | — | 30 | — | -30 | -100 |
| Student Friendly Services (College Planning) | 26 | 29 | 29 | — | — |
| Hold-harmless for schools affected by Los Angeles fires | — | —e | 23 | — | — |
| SUN Bucks administration | — | 22 | 22 | — | — |
| Partnership Academies | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | — |
| Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program | 22 | 22 | 19 | -2 | -11 |
| Career Pathways Program | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Statewide literacy and math networks | — | 15 | — | -15 | -100 |
| California Collaborative for Educational Excellence | 6f | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| High Speed Network | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| Transitional Kindergarten English language proficiency screeners | — | 10 | — | -10 | -100 |
| Adults in Correctional Facilities | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| California School Information Services | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team | 8 | 8g | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Transitional Kindergarten multilingual learner supplemental funding | — | 8 | — | -8 | -100 |
| Refugee student support | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Agricultural Vocational Education | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| American Indian Education Centers | 5 | 5 | 5 | —e | 2 |
| State Seal of Civic Engagement | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Specialized Secondary Programs | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| School accounting system | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Access to opioid overdose reversal medication | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Equity leads | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Regional English learner lead agencies | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Student teacher stipends | 300 | — | — | — | — |
| Literacy and math coaches | 215 | — | — | — | — |
| Literacy professional development | 200 | — | — | — | — |
| Universal School Meals Implementation Block Grant | 160 | — | 100 | 100 | — |
| Dual enrollment | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Reading difficulties screening administration | 65 | 40 | — | -40 | -100 |
| Special Olympics | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| Mathematics Professional Learning Partnership | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative fee transition | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Training for new mathematics framework | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Secondary school redesign pilot | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| Reading difficulties screening tool | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| Item bank for science performance tasks | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| Instructional continuity | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 7 | 12 | 7 | -4 | -37 |
| Subtotals | ($21,108) | ($19,189) | ($22,601) | ($3,390) | (17.7%) |
| Adjustments | |||||
| Defer and repay June 2026 payment | — | -$1,875 | $1,875 | $3,750 | 200% |
| Defer and repay June 2025 payment | -$247 | 247 | — | -247 | -100 |
| Cost shift from 2025-26 to 2024-25 | 193 | -193 | — | 193 | -100 |
| Cost shift from 2023-24 to 2024-25 | 3,642 | — | — | — | — |
| One-time fund swaps for LCFF | -254 | -151 | — | 151 | -100 |
| Miscellaneous revenues | -25 | -25 | -25 | — | — |
| Other adjustments | —e | —e | -17 | -17 | — |
| Subtotals | ($3,309) | (-$1,998) | ($1,832) | ($3,831) | (192%) |
| Totals | $105,859 | $102,197 | $111,732 | $9,535 | 9% |
| a June 2025 budget also provided $3.3 million in unspent prior-year funds to support the discretionary grant. Governor's January 2026-27 budget proposes providing an additional $32 million in unspent prior year funds. | |||||
| b Excludes programs operated by nonprofit agencies. Includes $50 million each year for Quality Rating and Improvement System. | |||||
| c Includes $150 million in one-time funds provided in the June 2025 budget. | |||||
| d June 2025 budget also provided $2 million in unspent prior-year funds to support the California School for the Deaf in Fremont. | |||||
| e Less than $500,000. | |||||
| f June 2024 budget also provided $4.3 million in unspent prior-year funds to support agency operations in 2024-25. | |||||
| g June 2025 budget also provided $1 million in unspent prior-year funds to support workload related to the January 2025 fires in Los Angeles. | |||||