Unprecedented California budget to usher in sweeping education changes

Big new spending on transitional kindergarten, teacher shortage, student mental health

by EdSource staff July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the pre-K and K-12 education budget package on July 9. (Photo courtesy of governor's press office)

GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM and the California Legislature have seized a once-in-a-generation deluge of state and federal funding to set in motion a sweeping and ambitious set of education programs that seemed implausible six months ago.

The 2021-22 state budget, which Newsom signed late Monday, expands the state government’s commitment to meet the needs of all students and redefines what constitutes an equitable education for low-income kids in a state with rising inequality.

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