May 2018
Child Care and Preschool
Comparing Child Care and Preschool Proposals Under the Governor's Budget and May Revision
2018-19 (In Millions)
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Change |
Governor’s Budget |
May Revision |
Change |
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Reimbursement Rates |
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Provides COLA to certain child care and preschool programsa |
$50 |
$54 |
$4 |
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Increases Standard Reimbursement Rate (SRR) 2.8 percent starting July 1, 2018 |
48 |
48 |
0 |
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Annualizes Regional Market Rate (RMR) increase initiated January 1, 2018 |
24 |
24 |
0 |
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Permanently extends RMR hold harmless provisionb |
14 |
14 |
0 |
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Subtotals |
($136) |
($140) |
($4) |
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Caseload and Cost of Care |
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Annualizes cost of State Preschool slots initiated April 1, 2018 |
$19 |
$19 |
$0 |
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Provides 2,959 full‑day State Preschool slots at LEAs starting April 1, 2019 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
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Makes CalWORKs caseload and average cost of care adjustments |
‑c |
105 |
104 |
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Reduces non‑CalWORKs slots by 0.48 percentd |
‑9 |
‑9 |
0 |
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Subtotals |
($19) |
($123) |
($104) |
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Other |
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Funds one‑time early education expansion grantse |
$167 |
$0 |
‑$167 |
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Adjusts Transitional Kindergarten for increases in attendance and LCFF funding rate |
41 |
42 |
1 |
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Provides one‑time increase to quailty services |
9 |
26 |
17 |
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Annualizes funding for bridge program for foster children initiated January 1, 2018 |
20 |
21 |
1 |
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Makes other technical adjustments |
7 |
7 |
0 |
|
Subtotals |
($244) |
($96) |
(‑$148) |
|
Totals |
$399 |
$359 |
‑$40 |
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aUnder Governor’s January budget, COLA is 2.51 percent. Under May Revision, COLA is 2.71 percent. bUnder current law, the RMR hold harmless provision expires December 31, 2018. cLess than $500,000. dReflects statutory adjustment based on the projected decrease in the birth‑through‑four population. eGovernor’s January budget funds proposal using 2018‑19 Proposition 98 General Fund and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. May Revision funds proposal entirely using 2017‑18 Proposition 98 General Fund. COLA = cost‑of‑living‑adjustment; LEA = local education agency; and LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula. |
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