CA AB2808

Legislature finds California ranks 45th nationally in percentage of taxable income spent on education, 41st in per-pupil funding, 45th in pupil-teacher ratios, and 48th in pupil-staff ratios.

California funds K–12 public schools approximately $1,961 per pupil lower than the national average, or $3,462 when adjusted for cost of living, and trails top 10 states by almost $7,000 per pupil.

Fifty-eight percent of California K–12 pupils are eligible for free and reduced-price lunches (13 percent above national average) and 23 percent are English learners (more than twice the national average).

Legislature expresses intent to enact legislation requiring the state to begin providing increases to the local control funding formula (LCFF) beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year to fund K–12 public schools at a level equal to or above the average of the top 10 states nationally by 2025.

Legislation shall maintain the top 10 state funding level indefinitely as a minimum once achieved.