Lottery Funds Less Than 2% of School District Budgets

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Discover the funds allocated to your local schools with this selectable feature on the CAlottery website. Who Benefits | California State Lottery (calottery.com)

According to the California Lottery website: 

California State Lottery Education Allocations Second Quarter, Fiscal Year 2019 - 2020

Fiscal Year 2021-2022 and Cumulative Totals

  • Lottery funds are audited & distributed quarterly to beneficiaries by the State Controller’s Office.
  • Lottery funds account for less than 1.5% of all education funding.

Los Angeles Unified School District spending per pupil/day

1998-1999

  • ADA 670,322
  • EDP 365 $4,012,225,637 
  • Avg Cost per ADA $5,986

2020-2021

  • Current Expense ADA 455,015 
  • EDP 365 $7,956,466,457 
  • Current Expense per ADA 17,486

Lottery - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education)

"The law authorizing the lottery requires school districts, including charter schools, to use lottery funds “exclusively for the education of pupils and students” and specifies that “no funds shall be spent for acquisition of real property, construction of facilities, financing of research, or any other non-instructional purpose.”


Funding For Statewide Educational Systems

Some educational systems, like the California State University (CSU) and the University of California, are funded at the statewide level rather than at the county or school district level. The most recent funding for statewide educational systems is shown below.

Statewide Q2 FY 2022-2023 Cumulative Total (1985 to Present)
California Maritime Academy $0 $514,958
College of Law, San Francisco $69,193 $5,744,799
CSU Chancellor's Office $24,752,140 $1,591,944,094
Department of Developmental Services $19,743 $19,068,160
Department of Education - State Special Schools $41,992 $4,184,607
Department of State Hospitals $0 $7,350,063
Division of Juvenile Justice $11,595 $13,771,526
University of California $18,165,588 $1,009,737,221

Note: This is the most recent available data and includes all districts and statewide educational systems that have ever received funds from the California State Lottery. Data is compiled from information provided by the State Controllers Office.


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