July 2022

Proposition 98 Overview

Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under 2022-23 Budget Package

(Dollars in Millions)

  2020-21
Final
2021-22
Revised
2022-23
Estimated
Minimum Guarantee      
General Fund $70,204 $83,677 $82,312a
Local property tax 25,869 26,560 28,042
   Totals $96,073 $110,237 $110,354
Change From Prior Year      
General Fund $15,721 $13,472 -$1,364
   Percent change 28.9% 19.2% -1.6%
Local property tax $1,022 $691 $1,482
   Percent change 4.1% 2.7% 5.6%
Total funding $16,744 $14,164 $117
   Percent change 21.1% 14.7% 0.1%
General Fund Tax Revenueb $184,709 $220,109 $214,887
Growth Rates      
K-12 average daily attendance -0.4% -6.0% 1.8%
Per capita personal income (Test 2) 3.7% 5.7% 7.6%
Per capita General Fund (Test 3)c 30.3% 20.0% -2.7%
Proposition 98 Reserve      
Deposit (+) or withdrawal (-) $3,302 $3,988 $2,224
Cumulative balance 3,302 7,290 9,514
Operative Test 1 1 1
       
Note: No maintenance factor is created, paid, or owed over the period. 
a Includes an upward adjustment of $614 million associated with the expansion of transitional kindergarten.
b Excludes nontax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the guarantee.
c Reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent.