July 2024
K-12 Education
K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2022-23 Final |
2023-24 Revised |
2024-25 Enacted |
Change From 2023-24 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) | |||||
| School districts and charter schools | $74,950 | $79,784 | $79,502 | -$282 | 0.4% |
| County offices of education | 1,246 | 1,412 | 1,422 | 10 | 1 |
| Subtotals | ($76,196) | ($81,196) | ($80,924) | (-$273) | (-0.3%) |
| Categorical Programs | |||||
| Special Education | $6,168 | $6,227 | $6,539 | $312 | 5% |
| Expanded Learning Opportunities Program | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | — | — |
| Child Nutrition | 1,527 | 1,783 | 1,846 | 63 | 4 |
| State Preschoola | 1,718 | 1,830 | 1,378 | -452 | -25 |
| Arts and music funding (Proposition 28)b | — | — | 907 | 907 | — |
| After School Education and Safety | 795 | 770 | 794 | 25 | 3 |
| Equity Multiplier | — | 300 | 303 | 3 | 1 |
| Career Technical Education Incentive Grants | 300 | 300 | 300 | — | — |
| Mandates Block Grant | 242 | 260 | 267 | 7 | 3 |
| Charter School Facility Grants | 184 | 194 | 168 | -26 | -13 |
| Student assessments | 105 | 99 | 108 | 10 | 10 |
| Systems of support for low-performing districts | 102 | 126 | 112 | -14 | -11 |
| Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program | 90 | 90 | 99 | 9 | 10 |
| State special schools | 72 | 80 | 78 | -2 | -2 |
| Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program | 30 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| Student Friendly Services (College Planning) | 27 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 9 |
| Literacy screening | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | — |
| Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program | 38 | 27 | 22 | -4 | -16 |
| Partnership Academies | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | — |
| Training for new mathematics framework | — | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| Career Pathways Program | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| California Collaborative for Educational Excellence | 12 | 8 | 6 | -2 | -24 |
| Adults in Correctional Facilities | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| California School Information Services | 7 | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Refugee student support | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| High Speed Network | — | 4 | 7 | 3 | 85 |
| Item bank for science performance tasks | — | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| Instructional continuity | — | — | 4 | 4 | — |
| Agricultural Vocational Education | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| American Indian Education Centers | 5 | 5 | 5 | —c | 1 |
| State Seal of Civic Engagement | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Specialized Secondary Programs | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| School accounting system | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Access to opioid overdose reversal medication | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Equity leads | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Community Schools Partnership Program | 1,133 | — | — | — | — |
| Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant | 720 | — | — | — | — |
| Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant | 149 | — | — | — | — |
| Division of Juvenile Justice | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 10 | 10 | 7 | -3 | -28 |
| Subtotals | ($17,532) | ($16,261) | ($17,159) | ($897) | (6%) |
| Adjustments | |||||
| Cost shift to 2024-25 | — | -$3,750 | $3,750 | — | — |
| One-time fund swaps | -88 | -1,568 | -257 | 1,311 | — |
| 24-25 deferral | — | — | -244 | -244 | — |
| Miscellaneous revenues | -37 | -29 | -31 | -$2 | — |
| Cost shift to 2023-24 | -2,341d | 2,341 | — | -2,341 | -100 |
| Subtotals | (-$2,467) | (-$2,826) | ($3,038) | ($5,865) | — |
| Totals | $91,261 | $94,630 | $101,121 | $6,491 | 7% |
| a Excludes programs operated by nonprofit agencies. Includes $50 million each year for Quality Rating and Improvement System. | |||||
| b State provided $938 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund in 2023-24 for this purpose. | |||||
| c Less than $500,000. | |||||
| d Shifts costs to 2023-24 for the following programs: Community schools ($1.1 billion), State Preschool ($634 million), Child Nutrition ($203 million), Arts, Music, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant ($149 million), Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program ($90 million), Special Education ($48 million), student assessments ($34 million), After School Education and Safety ($21 million), Career Technical Education Incentive Grants ($11 million), Partnership Academies ($10 million), Career Pathways Program ($6 million), and Agricultural Vocational Education ($2 million). | |||||