{"id":392790,"date":"2026-07-10T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392790\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:16:08","slug":"gov-gavin-newsom-highlights-major-education-investments-as-california-budget-increases-funding-for-schools-statewide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392790\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Gavin Newsom highlights major education investments as California budget increases funding for schools statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">DAVIS, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; California&#8217;s newly signed state budget includes major investments in public education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the education funding initiative Thursday, days after signing the state&#8217;s budget for the upcoming fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The California Department of Education said the budget includes critical investments in public education, including securing record per-student funding, expanding community schools and guaranteeing universal meals for students. The budget also strengthens support for students with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the Orange County Register, lawmakers secured $128 billion in education funding as part of the state budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The newspaper reported that special education programs will receive an additional $2.4 billion in funding during the upcoming fiscal year, representing a 43% increase from the previous year. State officials said the funding marks the largest investment in special education in California history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The education budget also includes $146 million to support students experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAVIS, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; California&#8217;s newly signed state budget includes major investments in public education. Gov. Gavin Newsom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157997,7,9,8],"class_list":["post-392790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-157997","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}