I got a rapid and informative reply from a state official viz.

Thank you for contacting the California Department of Education (CDE) with your question about the GATE funding. With the current Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) which took effect in 2014, GATE in California is under local control and all California Education Code related to GATE has been repealed http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/gt/lw/. It is now up to local governing school boards to set all policies related to gifted education including whether to offer a GATE program and how to allocate funding to support it. The CDE plays no role in monitoring or compliance for gifted education. Nor do we keep records about which school districts offer GATE programs.


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