January 2025
K-12 Education
K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2023-24 Revised |
2024-25 Revised |
2025-26 Proposed |
Change From 2024-25 |
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| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) | |||||
| School districts and charter schools | $79,800 | $79,409 | $83,752 | $4,343 | 6% |
| County offices of education | 1,473 | 1,478 | 1,446 | -32 | -2 |
| Subtotals | ($81,273) | ($80,887) | ($85,197) | ($4,310) | (5%) |
| Categorical Programs | |||||
| Special Education | $6,212 | $6,518 | $6,552 | $35 | 1% |
| Expanded Learning Opportunities Program | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,435 | 435 | 11 |
| Child Nutrition | 1,783 | 1,878 | 1,952 | 75 | 4 |
| State Preschoola | 1,830 | 1,378 | 1,916 | 539 | 39 |
| Arts and music funding (Proposition 28) | — | 907 | 1,042 | 135 | 15 |
| After School Education and Safety | 770 | 794 | 794 | — | — |
| Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant | — | — | 379 | 379 | — |
| Equity Multiplier | 300 | 303 | 311 | 7 | 2 |
| Career Technical Education Incentive Grants | 300 | 300 | 300 | — | — |
| Mandates Block Grant | 260 | 267 | 273 | 7 | 3 |
| Literacy and math coaches | — | 229 | 271 | 42 | 19 |
| Charter School Facility Grants | 194 | 168 | 183 | 15 | 9 |
| Teacher Recruitment Incentive Grant | — | — | 150 | 150 | — |
| Kitchen infrastructure and training | — | — | 150 | 150 | — |
| Systems of support for low-performing districts | 126 | 147 | 135 | -12 | -8. |
| Student assessments | 99 | 108 | 107 | -1 | -1 |
| National Board Certification Incentive Grant Program | — | — | 100 | 100 | — |
| Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program | 90 | 99 | 90 | -9 | -9 |
| State special schools | 80 | 78 | 78 | — | — |
| Student Support and Discretionary Block Grant | — | 1,714 | 59 | -1,655 | -97 |
| Training for literacy screenings | — | 25 | 40 | 15 | 60 |
| Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program | 32 | 32 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| Student Friendly Services (College Planning) | 24 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 12 |
| Safe Neighborhood and Schools Program | 27 | 22 | 21 | -2 | -7 |
| Partnership Academies | 21 | 21 | 21 | — | — |
| Career Pathways Program | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| California Collaborative for Educational Excellence | 8 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 100 |
| High Speed Network | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 50 |
| Transitional Kindergarten English language proficiency screeners | — | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| Adults in Correctional Facilities | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 1 |
| California School Information Services | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team | 7 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Refugee student support | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Agricultural Vocational Education | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Statewide System of Support: Literacy | — | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| American Indian Education Centers | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Equity leads | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Training for new mathematics framework | — | 20 | — | -20 | -100 |
| Item bank for science performance tasks | — | 7 | — | -7 | -100 |
| Instructional continuity | — | 4 | — | -4 | -100 |
| Other | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
| Subtotals | ($16,246) | ($19,152) | ($19,554) | ($402) | (2%) |
| Adjustments | |||||
| Miscellaneous revenues | -$30 | -$30 | -$30 | — | — |
| 24-25 deferral | — | -247 | 247 | $494 | — |
| Cost shift to 2023-24 | 2,341 | — | — | — | — |
| Cost shift to 2024-25 | -3,570 | 3,570 | — | 3,570 | — |
| One-time fund swaps | -1,594 | -257 | — | 257 | — |
| Cost shift (2023-24 to 2024-25) | -35 | 35 | — | -35 | — |
| Other | — | 3 | — | -3 | — |
| Subtotals | (-$2,888) | ($3,074) | ($217) | (-$2,858) | (-93%) |
| Totals | $94,630 | $103,114 | $104,968 | $1,854 | 1.8% |
| a Excludes programs operated by nonprofit agencies. Includes $50 million each year for Quality Rating and Improvement System. | |||||
| b Less than $500,000. | |||||