July 2026
K-12 Education
New Workload and Funding for the California Department of Education (CDE)
2026-27 (Dollars In Thousands)
| Change | Positions | Funding | Duration |
| Federal Funds | |||
| Increased monitoring of out-of-state and religious nonpublic schools as required by Chapter 579 of 2025 (SB 373, Grove). | 3 | $1,208 | Variesa |
| Increase for Comprehensive Support and Improvement Program. | — | 204 | Ongoing |
| State Fundsb | |||
| Legal costs. | — | $5,000 | One-time |
| Oversight for State Special Schools deferred maintenance projects. | — | 4,000 | One-time |
| Continuation of direct deposit for State Preschool providers. | — | 2,100 | One-time |
| Replacement of air conditioning and power supply in computer server room. | — | 1,264 | One-time |
| Uniform complaint procedures as required by Chapter 428 of 2025 (AB 715, Zbur) and Chapter 429 of 2025 (SB 48, Gonzalez). | 4 | 1,117 | Variesc |
| Additional auditing of State Preschool programs. | — | 910 | Variesd |
| Replacement of technology used to store, review, and approve facility project information. | — | 690 | Variese |
| Technology needs to shift State Preschool to new rates. | — | 552 | Ongoing |
| Multilingual learner screener for transitional kindergarten students. | 1 | 316 | Variesf |
| Support for reducing ultra-processed ingredients in school foods as required by Chapter 467 of 2025 (AB 1264, Gabriel). | 1 | 294 | Variesg |
| Fiscal oversight. | 1 | 178 | Ongoing |
| Instructional Quality Commission. | — | 98 | One-time |
| Increase for Proposition 28 implementation. | — | 51 | Ongoing |
| Totals | 10 | $17,982 | |
| a For this purpose, $757,000 is available ongoing. | |||
| b Funded with Non-Proposition 98 General Fund unless otherwise noted. | |||
| c For this purpose, $251,000 is available in 2025-26 and $1.1 million is available ongoing. | |||
| d Funding is provided in 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29. | |||
| e For this purpose, $190,000 is available in 2027-28. Funded by the 2024 State School Facilities Fund. | |||
| f For this purpose, $316,000 is available in 2026-27 through 2028-29 and $184,000 is available ongoing. | |||
| g For this purpose, $817,000 is available in 2027-28, $885,000 is available in 2028-29, and $1 million is available ongoing. | |||