This section provides context and background to explain California's complex school finance system, which supports more than 6 million public school students in nearly 10,000 public schools. Here you will find an explanation of how the school finance system is structured, its history, the school district budgeting process,and how the state collects and allocates revenues for education. 

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• Finance System
• District Budgets