January 2024

Proposition 98 Overview

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.
The administration indicates that this reduction will be addressed in trailer legislation.
d Reflects $150,000
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