July 2021

K-12 Education

K-12 Funding by Source

(Dollars in Millions Except Funding Per Student)

  2019-20
Final		 2020-21
Revised		 2021-22
Enacted		 Change From 2020-21
  Amount Percent
Proposition 98          
General Fund $48,419 $58,500 $56,694 -$1,806 -3.1%
Local property tax 21,620 22,418 23,829 1,411 6.3   
Subtotals ($70,039) ($80,918) ($80,523) (-$395) (-0.5%)
Other State          
Other General Funda $8,750 $7,906 $8,979b $1,073 13.6%
Lottery 1,193 1,262 1,260 -2 -0.2   
Special funds 182 155 167 12 7.7   
Subtotals ($10,125) ($9,324) ($10,406) ($1,083) (11.6%)
Other Local          
Property taxes for local facility bonds $5,049 $5,650 $5,650 — —   
Other taxes, fees, and reimbursementsc 7,250 7,649 7,570 -$79 -1.0%
Subtotals ($12,299) ($13,299) ($13,220) (-$79) (-0.6%)
Federal Funds          
One-time aidd $711 $23,596 $12,487 -$11,109 -47.1%
Other federal funds 7,866 8,437 7,648e -789 -9.3   
Subtotals ($7,866) ($32,033) ($20,135) (-$11,898) (-37.1%)
Totals $101,041 $135,573 $124,285 -$11,288 -8.3%
           
Studentsf 5,896,938 5,871,650 5,754,927 -116,723 -2.0%
Proposition 98 funding per student $11,877 $13,781 $13,992 $211 1.5   
Total funding per student 17,014 23,089 21,596 -1,493 -6.5   
 
a Consists primarily of state pension payments on behalf of districts, state debt service on school facility bonds, non-Proposition 98 funding for the California State Preschool Program, and operational expenses of the California Department of Education.
b The June 2020 budget plan shifted funding for several child care programs from the California Department of Education to the California Department of Social Services beginning in 2021-22. The 2021-22 amount excludes approximately $1.4 billion related to programs affected by this shift. This reduction is more than offset by (1) approximately $1.4 billion in one-time funding for various infrastructure improvements and (2) baseline increases in state pension costs and debt service on school facility bonds.
c Includes revenue from property taxes collected in excess of the Local Control Funding Formula allotments, parcel taxes, fees, and local reimbursements.
d Consists of funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (March 2020), the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (December 2020), and the American Rescue Plan Act (March 2021).
e Amount for 2021-22 excludes more than $900 million in federal funding related to child care programs shifting from the California Department of Education to the California Department of Social Services in 2021-22.
f Reflects average daily attendance.