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California 266 jo ur n al o f ed ucatio n fin ance Henry Tran and Mazen Aziz fund ing prio rities fo r p-12 and /o r higher ed ucatio n California’s budget aims to improve student achievement by significantly in- creasing special education resources, improving low-income four-year-old ac- cess to high-quality preschool, strengthening school district and charter school accountability and transparency, and maximizing funding for local educational agencies. To this end, the budget allocated $1.9 billion additional funds to the state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and more than $645.3 million for special education. Additionally, the budget allotted $3 billion as a one-time non-Proposition 98 General Funds to reduce pension costs for K-12 schools and community colleges, and $124.9 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund to expand State Preschool, with a plan to serve all low-income four-year-olds by 2021-22. e Th Budget also earmarked funding to develop a comprehensive longi- tudinal, “cradle to career” data system. K-12 • e Th budget allocated $31.4 million and $124.9 million (Non-Prop 98 General funds) to expand preschool access for low-income families by 10,000 full day slots for children, with the goal of having an additional 30,000 slots by 2021-22. • e b http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Education Finance University of Illinois Press

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University of Illinois Press
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1944-6470

Abstract

266 jo ur n al o f ed ucatio n fin ance Henry Tran and Mazen Aziz fund ing prio rities fo r p-12 and /o r higher ed ucatio n California’s budget aims to improve student achievement by significantly in- creasing special education resources, improving low-income four-year-old ac- cess to high-quality preschool, strengthening school district and charter school accountability and transparency, and maximizing funding for local educational agencies. To this end, the budget allocated $1.9 billion additional funds to the state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and more than $645.3 million for special education. Additionally, the budget allotted $3 billion as a one-time non-Proposition 98 General Funds to reduce pension costs for K-12 schools and community colleges, and $124.9 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund to expand State Preschool, with a plan to serve all low-income four-year-olds by 2021-22. e Th Budget also earmarked funding to develop a comprehensive longi- tudinal, “cradle to career” data system. K-12 • e Th budget allocated $31.4 million and $124.9 million (Non-Prop 98 General funds) to expand preschool access for low-income families by 10,000 full day slots for children, with the goal of having an additional 30,000 slots by 2021-22. • e b

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Journal of Education FinanceUniversity of Illinois Press

Published: Mar 28, 2020

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