evidence: $1.4 Billion in New Proposition 98 K‑12 Spending Proposals. Of this amount, $784 million is for ongoing increases and $599 million is for one‑time activities. The largest ongoing proposal is to cover a 0.76 percent cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for existing programs and the largest one‑time proposal is to provide additional funding for zero‑emission school buses. [...] In this section, we analyze the Governor’s plan for allocating Proposition 98 funding to schools. First, we describe the Governor’s overall approach and review the major spending‑related solutions and proposed increases. Next, we assess the merits of this approach and analyze the most significant proposals. Finally, we provide our recommendations for the Legislature to consider. In contrast to most previous years, the largest proposal in the Governor’s K‑12 plan has significant implications for the rest of the state budget. The nearby box summarizes the overall condition of the state budget to provide context for this proposal. (We analyze proposals affecting community colleges separately in a forthcoming report.)