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July 2026
Proposition 98 Overview
2024-25 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending
(In Millions)
| Revised 2024-25 Spending | $118,029a |
| Technical Adjustments | |
| Transitional kindergarten expansionb | -$415 |
| Various K-14 adjustments | 97 |
| LCFF adjustments | -48 |
| Subtotal | (-$365) |
| Proposition 98 Reserve (deposit) | $4,869 |
| K-12 Education | |
| Discretionary block grant | $1,038c |
| Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant | 757 |
| Dual enrollment | 100 |
| Subtotal | ($1,895) |
| California Community Colleges | |
| 2025-26 deferral repayment | $408 |
| Additional 2025-26 enrollment growth (1.0 percent)d | 55 |
| Higher 2025-26 apportionments costs | 38e |
| Subtotal | ($502) |
| Total Changes | $6,900 |
| 2024-25 Revised Spending | $124,929 |
| a The 2025 Budget Act included $1.9 billion in unallocated Proposition 98 funds. The Governor's proposed 2026-27 budget allocates these funds for various purposes. | |
| b Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of lower transitional kindergarten staffing ratios. | |
| c The budget also provides $1.6 billion in 2026-27, $1.8 billion in 2025-26, and $634 million in reappropriated Proposition 98 funding for this purpose. | |
| d Increases budgeted growth from the enacted 2025-26 level of 0.57 percent to 1.57 percent. The associated ongoing cost is built into apportionments in 2026-27. | |
| e The budget also provides $103 million in 2025-26 for this purpose. | |
| LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula. | |