July 2023

Proposition 98 Overview

Proposition 98 Key Inputs and Outcomes Under 2023-24 Budget Package

(Dollars in Millions)

  2021-22
Final
2022-23
Revised
2023-24
Estimated
Minimum Guarantee      
General Fund $83,754 $78,117 $77,457a
Local property tax 26,800 29,241 30,854
Totals $110,554 $107,359 $108,312
Change From Prior Year      
General Fund $13,549 -$5,636 -$660
Percent change 19.3% -6.7% -0.8%
Local property tax $932 $2,441 $1,613
Percent change 3.6% 9.1% 5.5%
Total funding $14,481 -$3,195 $953
Percent change 15.1% -2.9% 0.9%
Inputs      
General Fund tax revenueb $220,312 $204,533 $201,213
K-12 average daily attendancec 5,349,982 5,356,421 5,371,161
Growth Rates      
K-12 average daily attendance -8.9% 0.1% 0.3%
Per capita personal income (Test 2) 5.7   7.6   4.4  
Per capita General Fund (Test 3)d 19.8   -6.2   -0.8  
Proposition 98 Reserve      
Deposit (+) or withdrawal (-) $4,840 $1,787 $903
Cumulative balance 8,142 9,929 10,831
Operative Test 1 1 1
       
a Excludes $938 million supplemental payment associated with Proposition 28 (2022).
b Excludes nontax revenues and transfers, which do not affect the calculation of the guarantee.
c Includes attendance attributable to the expansion of transitional kindergarten.
d Reflects change in per capita General Fund plus 0.5 percent.  
Note: No maintenance factor is created or paid over the period.