EdBudget Figures
July 2024
California State Library
California State Library Spending by Program
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2022-23 Actual | 2023-24 Revised | 2024-25 Enacted | Change from 2023-24 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Local Assistance Programs | |||||
| Library Services and Technology Act | $10.6 | $11.3 | $11.3 | — | — |
| Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | — | — |
| Lunch at the Library | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -$2.5 | -45% |
| California Library Services Act | 4.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | -1.8 | -38 |
| Statewide Library Broadband Services Program | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | —a | —a |
| Telephonic Reading for the Blind | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | — | — |
| California Newspaper Project | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | — | — |
| State Government Oral Histories | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | — |
| One-time carryoverb | 2.9 | 11.8 | 141.1 | 129.3 | 1,094 |
| One-time initiatives | 438.7 | 148.3 | 3.1 | -145.1 | -98 |
| Subtotals | ($474.2) | ($193.9) | ($173.8) | (-$20.1) | (-10.3%) |
| State Operations | |||||
| State Library Services | $27.6 | $31.4 | $31.3 | —a | —a |
| Library Development Services | 6.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | —a | —a |
| Information Technology Services | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | —a | —a |
| One-time carryoverc | 11.0 | ||||
| Subtotals | ($37.6) | ($40.7) | ($51.6) | (10.9) | (26.9%) |
| Totals | $511.7 | $234.6 | $225.4 | -$9.1 | -3.9% |
| a Less than $500,000 or 0.5 percent. | |||||
| b The 2022-23 and 2023-24 amounts reflect carryover from an original 2021-22 appropriation for the California English Acquisition and Literacy program. The 2024-25 amount reflects carryover from appropriations made in 2022-23 for local library infrastructure grants and disaster preparedness. | |||||
| c The 2024-25 amount reflects carryover from an original 2022-23 appropriation for the Comprehensive Digitization Strategy Initiative. | |||||