6100 Department of Education
Major Program Changes
  • An increase of $2.8 billion Proposition 98 General Fund for school districts and charter schools to reflect continued implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula.

  • An increase of $1.2 billion one-time Proposition 98 General Fund for school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education to use at local discretion, while also offsetting applicable outstanding mandate reimbursement claims.

  • An increase of $1.7 million Proposition 98 General Fund for county offices of education to reflect a cost-of-living adjustment and average daily attendance changes applicable to the Local Control Funding Formula.

  • An increase of $30 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund for local educational agencies interested in continued implementation of school-wide, data driven systems of support and intervention.

  • An increase of $20 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund for operational startup costs for new charter schools.

  • An increase of $52 million for school district and charter school energy efficiency projects consistent with the provisions of Proposition 39.

  • An increase of $7.3 million Proposition 98 General Fund for truancy and dropout prevention efforts consistent with the provisions of Proposition 47.

  • A decrease of $144.8 million in 2015-16 for school districts as a result of a decrease in projected average daily attendance from the 2015 Budget Act, and a decrease of $34.1 million in 2016-17 for school districts as a result of further projected decline in average daily attendance for 2016-17.

  • An increase of $61 million Proposition 98 General Fund for projected charter school average daily attendance growth.

  • A decrease of $15.5 million Proposition 98 General Fund to reflect a decrease of Special Education average daily attendance.

  • An increase of $22.9 million Proposition 98 General Fund to support a 0.47 percent cost-of-living adjustment for categorical programs that remain outside the Local Control Funding Formula, including Special Education, Child Nutrition, Foster Youth, Preschool, American Indian Education Centers, and the American Indian Early Childhood Education program.

  • A decrease of $149.4 million Proposition 98 General Fund for school districts and county offices of education in 2015-16 as a result of higher offsetting property tax revenues. A decrease of $1.2 billion Proposition 98 General Fund for school districts and county offices of education in 2016-17 as a result of increased offsetting local proporty tax revenues.