January 2024
Major Proposition 98 Spending Proposals
(In Millions)
K-12 Education | |
Ongoing | |
LCFF growth and COLA (0.76 percent) | -$1,448 |
Shift of arts and music funding into Proposition 98 | 931 |
Transitional kindergarten expansiona | 796 |
Universal school meals | 122 |
COLA for select categorical programs (0.76 percent)b | 64 |
Training for literacy screenings | 25 |
CA College Guidance Initiative | 5 |
State Parks access for fourth graders | 2 |
Inclusive College Technical Assistance Center | 2 |
Homeless Education Technical Assistance Centers | 2 |
Subtotal | ($501) |
One Time | |
Unallocated 2022-23 reductionc | -$7,097 |
Green school bus grants | 500 |
State Preschool 2024-25 savings | -446 |
2023-24 universal school meals increase | 65 |
Training for new mathematics framework | 20 |
Item bank for science performance tasks | 7 |
Instructional continuity | 6 |
FCMAT long term planning | 1 |
Science safety handbook | —d |
Subtotal | (-$6,944) |
Total K-12 Education | -$6,444 |
California Community Colleges | |
Ongoing | |
COLA for apportionments (0.76 percent) | $69 |
Student Success Completion Grant (caseload adjustment) | 50 |
Enrollment growth (0.5 percent) | 30 |
COLA for select categorical programs (0.76 percent)e | 9 |
Subtotal | ($158) |
One Time | |
Unallocated 2022-23 reductionc | -$910 |
New nursing initiativef | $60 |
Subtotal | (-$850) |
Total California Community Colleges | -$692 |
Total Spending Proposals | -$7,136 |
a Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of lower transitional kindergarten staffing ratios. | |
b Applies to the Foster Youth Program, American Indian Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child Nutrition, and K-12 mandates block grant. | |
c The administration indicates that this reduction will be addressed in trailer legislation. | |
d Reflects $150,000 | |
e Applies to the Adult Education Program, apprenticeship programs, CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and mandates block grant. | |
f First year of a five-year $300 million program. | |
LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team |