July 2026
K-12 Education
K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2024-25 Revised |
2025-26 Revised |
2026-27 Enacted |
Change From 2025-26 |
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| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) | |||||
| School districts and charter schools | $79,721 | $81,689 | $85,299 | $3,609 | 4% |
| County offices of education | 1,423 | 1,448 | 1,518 | 71 | 5 |
| Subtotals | ($81,144) | ($83,137) | ($86,817) | ($3,680) | (4%) |
| Categorical Programs | |||||
| Special Education | $6,355 | $6,460 | $8,858 | $2,398 | 37% |
| Expanded Learning Opportunities Program | 4,000 | 4,607 | 4,673 | 66 | 1 |
| State Preschoola | 1,378 | 1,835 | 2,838 | 1,003 | 55 |
| Child Nutrition | 1,846 | 1,937 | 1,872 | -65 | -3 |
| Student Support and Discretionary Block Grantb | 2,058 | 2,431 | 1,585 | -845 | -35 |
| Arts and music funding (Proposition 28) | 907 | 1,045 | 1,061 | 16 | 2 |
| Community schools | — | — | 1,000 | 1,000 | 100 |
| After School Education and Safety | 795 | 794 | 794 | —c | — |
| Equity Multiplier | 303 | 310 | 319 | 9 | 3 |
| Career Technical Education Incentive Grants | 450d | 370 | 300 | (70) | -19 |
| Mandates Block Grant | 267 | 273 | 279 | 6 | 2 |
| Teacher residencies | — | 70 | 250 | 180 | 257 |
| Charter School Facility Grants | 168 | 182 | 184 | 2 | 1 |
| System of support for low-performing districts | 147 | 142 | 146 | 3 | 2 |
| Student assessments | 108 | 108 | 107 | —c | — |
| Universal School Meals Implementation Block Grant | 160 | 300 | 100 | -200 | -67 |
| Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program | 99 | 90 | 90 | — | — |
| State special schools | 78 | 85e | 86 | 2 | 2 |
| Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program | 32 | 33 | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| Student Friendly Services (College Planning) | 26 | 29 | 29 | —c | — |
| Wildfire-related support for schools | — | — | 23 | — | — |
| SUN Bucks administration | — | 22 | 22 | — | — |
| Partnership Academies | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | — |
| Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program | 22 | 22 | 21 | -1 | -3 |
| Career Pathways Program | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| California Collaborative for Educational Excellence | 6f | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| High Speed Network | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| Adults in Correctional Facilities | 9 | 9 | 10 | —c | 2 |
| California School Information Services | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team | 8 | 8g | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Refugee student support | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Agricultural Vocational Education | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| American Indian Education Centers | 5 | 5 | 5 | —c | 3 |
| State Seal of Civic Engagement | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Multitudes reading difficulties screener | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — |
| Specialized Secondary Programs | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| School accounting system | 4 | 4 | 4 | —c | 6 |
| 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 | — | — |
| Science performance tasks | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Student teacher stipends | 300 | 408 | — | -408 | -100 |
| Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant | 757 | 379 | — | -379 | -100 |
| Literacy coaches | 215 | 350 | — | -350 | -100 |
| Mathematics Professional Learning Partnership | 30 | 50 | — | -50 | -100 |
| Universal Pre-Kindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant | — | 250 | — | -250 | -100 |
| California’s New Americans in Schools | — | 100 | — | -100 | -100 |
| Dream Resource Center Grant Program | — | 75 | — | -75 | -100 |
| Supporting Inclusive Practices Project | — | 30 | — | -30 | -100 |
| Holocaust and Genocide Education Grant Program | — | 10 | — | -10 | -100 |
| Pathways to Bilingual Training Program | — | 10 | — | -10 | -100 |
| Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program | — | 10 | — | -10 | -100 |
| Reading difficulties screening administration | 65 | 40 | — | -40 | -100 |
| National Board Certification Incentive Grant Program | — | 30 | — | -30 | -100 |
| Statewide literacy and math networks | — | 15 | — | -15 | -100 |
| Transitional kindergarten English language proficiency screeners | — | 10 | — | -10 | -100 |
| Transitional kindergarten multilingual learner supplemental funding | — | 8 | — | -8 | -100 |
| Literacy professional development | 200 | — | — | — | — |
| Dual enrollment | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Special Olympics | 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Instructional continuity | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 7 | 9 | 5 | -4 | -40 |
| Subtotals | ($21,091) | ($23,058) | ($24,815) | ($1,730) | (8%) |
| 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 | -21 | -21 | -21 | — | — |
| Other adjustments | -29 | — | -17 | -17 | — |
| Subtotals | ($3,284) | (-$1,994) | ($1,836) | ($3,831) | (-192%) |
| Totals | $105,518 | $104,200 | $113,468 | $9,268 | 9% |
| a Excludes programs operated by nonprofit agencies in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Includes funding for Quality Rating and Improvement System. | |||||
| b The June 2026 budget provides an additional $634 million in unspent prior year funds to support the discretionary grant. The June 2025 budget also provided $3.3 million in unspent prior-year funds for the same purpose. | |||||
| c Change of less than $500,000 | |||||
| d Includes $150 million in one-time funds provided in the June 2025 budget. | |||||
| e June 2025 budget also provided $2 million in unspent prior-year funds to support the California School for the Deaf in Fremont. | |||||
| 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. | |||||