K thru 12 Education
6100 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 Services for Administration, Finance, Technology, and Infrastructure Branch; Instruction and Learning Support Branch; the Student Support and Special Services Branch; the District, School and Innovation Branch; and the Legal, Audits, and Compliance Branch. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • An increase of approximately $4 billion Proposition 98 General Fund for school districts and charter schools to reflect continued implementation of the local control funding formula.
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
2015-16*
Positions
Dollars
5200 Instruction
996.8
$60,915,223
5205 Instructional Support
811.5
1,088,306
5210 Special Programs
456.0
5,851,562
5220 State Board of Education
11.1
2,490
5240 State-Mandated Local Programs
-
218,344
9900100 Administration
275.5
36,525
9900200 Administration - Distributed
-
-36,525
9990 Unscheduled Items of Appropriation
-
319,754
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
2,550.9
$68,395,679
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
1,749
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
2,550.9
$68,397,428

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 * - 197K) 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 * - 10K)
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 * - 25K)
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.
Categorical Programs, Proposition 98 (Includes funding for Programs 5200, 5205, and 5210) (pdf * - 127K)
Displays Proposition 98 and Proposition 98 Reversion Account Funding for K-12 Categorical Programs.