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This Change Could Deliver Billions of More Dollars to California Schools. Here’s the Tradeoff

California considers shifting to enrollment funding, which could add $6 billion annually but may reduce incentives to boost daily attendance, risking poorer outcomes for high-need students.

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By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters For years, California schools have pushed to change the way the state pays for K-12 education: by basing funding on enrollment, instead of attendance. That’s the way 45 other states do it, and it would mean an extra $6 billion annually in school coffers. But such a move might cause more harm than good in the long run, because linking funding to enrollment means schools have little incentive to lure students to class …

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This change could deliver billions of more dollars to California schools. Here’s the tradeoff

By basing funding on enrollment, not attendance numbers, schools would lose the incentive to get students to show up every day, a new report finds.

·Walnut Creek, United States
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This change could deliver billions of more dollars to California schools. Here's the tradeoff

Switching to a funding system based on school enrollment would remove the incentive to get students to attend every day, a new report finds.

·Sacramento, United States
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Cal Matters broke the news in Sacramento, United States on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
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