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
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.