What is Prop 98?

Passed by California voters in 1988, Prop 98 guarantees funding in our state budget for public schools and community colleges. This year, that guarantee is $121.4 billion.

What is happening?

This year, Governor Newsom proposes to cut $5.6 billion from Prop 98, California’s constitutional school funding guarantee. Now, administrators at more than 100 California school districts have weaponized the Governor’s proposal by issuing nearly 2,500 preliminary layoff notices, all while the Governor touts historic, high funding for education.

Prop 98 isn’t a piggy bank you get to borrow from. It’s the law that entitles our students to the funding they need to learn. Prop 98 is the floor — not the ceiling — and this Governor is trying to dig a big hole in that floor instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share.
— CTA President David B. Goldberg

How is this impacting you? Hear from educators across California and share your own story.