--- type: "Bill" title: "Education finance: local control funding formula: enrollment-based funding report." description: "Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified, that includes average daily attendance as a component of that calculation for these local educational agencies. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before February 20 of each year, to make a first principal apportionment of funds and, on or before July 2 of each year, to make a 2nd principal apportionment of funds to each local educational agency." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 98" citation: "California SB 98 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education finance", "enrollment-based funding report", "local control funding formula"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-01-18" last_action: "2024-09-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e9d0f1-9156-43db-a1b2-b4ffed27b880" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98" source_hash: "fe4d5cde3563442e237f25fd8f1953447e0ef4dabe47d492e3f2861a5ab09737" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California SB 98 (20232024) — Education finance: local control funding formula: enrollment-based funding report. Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified, that includes average daily attendance as a component of that calculation for these local educational agencies. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before February 20 of each year, to make a first principal apportionment of funds and, on or before July 2 of each year, to make a 2nd principal apportionment of funds to each local educational agency. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98&version=20230SB9899INT) 2. **05/14/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98&version=20230SB9898AMD) 3. **06/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98&version=20230SB9897AMD) 4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98&version=20230SB9895CHP) 5. **SB98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98) 6. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB98&version=20230SB9896ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB98 Portantino Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - SB 98 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Addis — **74–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Portantino — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18. - **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 22. - **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 450.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10. - **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18. - **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1160.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1251.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2023-07-10** July 12 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-05-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6514.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5504.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 442, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66e9d0f1-9156-43db-a1b2-b4ffed27b880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).