K thru 12 Education
6110 Department of Education

California's public education system is administered at the state level by the Department of Education, under the direction of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the education of approximately 6.3 million students. Administrative branches of the Department include the Executive Branch; the Finance, Technology, and Administration Branch; the Curriculum and Instruction Branch; the School and District Operations Branch; and the Assessment and Accountability Branch.

The functions of state staff include:

  • Allocation of funds to local education agencies. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Increases-The workload Budget includes a $2.4 billion increase to fund a 4.94-percent statutory COLA: $1.8 billion for revenue limits, $168.7 million for special education, $82.8 million for child care programs, $62.3 million for class size reduction, $52.9 million for the Targeted Instructional Improvement Grant, $49.1 million for Economic Impact Aid and $247.4 million for various categorical programs.

 BUDGET-BALANCING REDUCTIONS Back to Top
  • The Budget includes General Fund reductions of $4,347.1 million in 2008-09. The following programs totaling $9.1 million General Fund, have been exempted from the budget balancing reductions: Fiscal Insolvency Loan Payments, Proposition 98 Mandate Deferrals, and Lease Payments Securing Lease Revenue Bonds. The major budget balancing reductions in 2008-09 include:
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2008-09*
Positions
Dollars
10 Instruction
1,281.1
$50,553,774
20 Instructional Support
554.6
2,815,487
30 Special Programs
374.0
4,690,043
40 Executive Management and Special Services
51.7
15,112
42.01 Department Management and Administration Services
282.9
33,345
42.02 Distributed Department Management and Administration Services
-
-33,345
50 State Board of Education
-
-
98 State-Mandated Local Programs
-
38
99 Unscheduled
-
3,512,272
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
2,544.3
$61,586,726
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
51,010
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
2,544.3
$61,637,736

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Education Budget (pdf * - 487K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 6K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 29K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.
Revenue Limit Apportionments (pdf * - 134K)
This table provides school district and county office of education revenue limit apportionment totals less local revenues to calculate the state's share of K-12 revenue limit apportionments.

 Categorical Programs, Proposition 98 (Includes funding for Programs 10, 20 and 30) (pdf * - 139K)
Displays Proposition 98 and Proposition 98 Reversion Account Funding for K-12 Cateogorical Programs.

 State-Mandated Local Programs (pdf * - 135K)
Displays Proposition 98 expenditures by program for state-mandated activities in the education area.