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One-time Funds
The budget provides $2.5 billion in one-time K–12 education funds as shown in Table 3.
The one-time funds are primarily due to state revenue collected above the level
anticipated in 2005 and the first six months of 2006. This additional revenue helped
prompt the Governor to settle the dispute over the Proposition 98 funding guarantee
due to K-12 education. The allocations shown in Table 3 include:
• $927 million for unfunded prior years’ mandate claims from 1995-96 through
2005-06.
• $534 million for a discretionary block grant. School sites, including adult education
programs and regional occupational centers and programs, will be allocated 75
percent of the funds. These funds may be used for instructional materials,
classroom and laboratory supplies and materials, library materials, educational
technology, deferred maintenance, professional development, and one-time
expenditures designed to close the achievement gap. The remaining 25 percent will
be allocated to school districts for the same expenditures, as well as home-toschool
transportation and one-time fiscal obligations of the district.
• $500 million for arts, music, and physical education equipment grants. Funds must
be spent on supplies, equipment, and professional development.
• $137 million for school facility emergency repairs in accordance with the Williams
lawsuit settlement in 2004.
• $100 million for instructional materials, school and classroom library materials, and
one-time educational technology costs.
Table 3 - K–12 Spending from One-time Funds
(in millions)
Program or Activity
Payment of K–12 mandate claims from prior years $927
Discretionary block grant 534
Arts, music, and physical education equipment 500
School facilities emergency repairs (Williams) 137
Instructional materials 100
Preschool facilities 50
Teacher recruitment 50
Career technical education equipment 40
Mandate claims—current year 30
English learners supplemental instructional materials 30
English learner best practices 20
Parent involvement 15
School gardens 15
California School Information Services 11
Other miscellaneous 74
Total $2,533
130