January 2024
Major Proposition 98 Spending Proposals
(In Millions)
K-12 Education | |
Ongoing | |
LCFF growth and COLA (0.76 percent) | -$1,448 |
Shift of arts and music funding into Proposition 98 | 931 |
Transitional kindergarten expansiona | 796 |
Universal school meals | 122 |
COLA for select categorical programs (0.76 percent)b | 64 |
Training for literacy screenings | 25 |
CA College Guidance Initiative | 5 |
State Parks access for fourth graders | 2 |
Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center | 2 |
Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers | 2 |
Subtotal | ($501) |
One Time | |
Unallocated 2022-23 reductionc | -$7,097 |
Green school bus grants | 500 |
State Preschool 2024-25 savings | -446 |
2023-24 universal school meals increase | 65 |
Training for new mathematics framework | 20 |
Item bank for science performance tasks | 7 |
Instructional continuity | 6 |
FCMAT long term planning | 1 |
Science safety handbook | —d |
Subtotal | (-$6,944) |
Total K-12 Education | -$6,444 |
California Community Colleges | |
Ongoing | |
COLA for apportionments (0.76 percent) | $69 |
Student Success Completion Grant (caseload adjustment) | 50 |
Enrollment growth (0.5 percent) | 30 |
COLA for select categorical programs (0.76 percent)e | 9 |
Subtotal | ($158) |
One Time | |
Unallocated 2022-23 reductionc | -$910 |
New nursing initiativef | $60 |
Subtotal | (-$850) |
Total California Community Colleges | -$692 |
Total Spending Proposals | -$7,136 |
a Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of lower transitional kindergarten staffing ratios. | |
b Applies 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. | |
c The administration indicates that this reduction will be addressed in trailer legislation. | |
d Reflects $150,000 | |
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 First year of a five-year $300 million program. | |
LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team |