January 2024

Proposition 98 Overview

2024-25 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending

(In Millions)

Revised 2023-24 Proposition 98 Spending $105,586
Technical Adjustments  
Prior year one-time adjustments $4,556
LCFF adjustments 78
K-12 categorical programs (declining attendance)a 28
Other adjustments -61
Subtotal ($4,651)
Proposition 98 Reserve -$1,951
K-12 Education  
LCFF growth and COLA (0.76 percent) -$1,448
Shift of arts and music funding into Proposition 98 931
Transitional kindergarten expansionb 796
Green school bus grants 500
State Preschool 2024-25 savings (one time) -446
Universal school meals 122
COLA for select categorical programs (0.76 percent)c 64
LCFF backfill with savings (one time) 37
Training for literacy screenings 25
Training for new mathematics framework (one time) 20
Item bank for science performance tasks (one time) 7
Instructional continuity (one time) 6
CA College Guidance Initiative 5
State Parks access for fourth graders 2
Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers 2
Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center 2
FCMAT long term planning (one time) 1
Science safety handbook (one time) —d
Subtotal ($625)
California Community Colleges  
COLA for apportionments (0.76 percent) $69
New nursing initiative (one time)e 60
Student Success Completion Grant (caseload adjustment) 50
Enrollment growth (0.5 percent) 30
COLA for select categorical programs (0.76 percent)f 9
Subtotal ($218)
Total Changes $3,493
2024-25 Proposition 98 Spending $109,080
a Applies to special education and Child and Adult Care Food Program.
b Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of lower transitional kindergarten staffing ratios.
c 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.
d Reflects $150,000. 
e First year of a five-year $300 million program.
f 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 the mandates block grant. 
LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment