EdBudget Figures
May 2019
Child Care and Preschool
Comparing Early Education Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision
2019-20 (In Millions)
| Governor's Budget | May Revision | Change | |
| Slots | |||
| Provides 10,000 full-day State Preschool slots at non-LEAsa | $125 | $31 | -$93 |
| Provides General Child Care slots for school-age children | — | 80 | 80 |
| Creates new temporary assistance child care program | — | 13 | 13 |
| Reduces non-CalWORKs slots by statutory adjustmentb | -20 | -16 | 5 |
| Annualizes cost of State Preschool slots initiated April 1, 2019 | 27 | 27 | — |
| Annualizes 2,100 Alternative Payment slots initiated September 1, 2018 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Uses 2018-19 federal funds for 11,307 Alternative Payment slotsc | -205 | -205 | — |
| Subtotals | (-$70) | (-$66) | ($5) |
| Reimbursement Rates | |||
| Annualizes/adjusts certain adjustment factors initiated January 1, 2019 | $40 | $50 | $11 |
| Provides COLA to certain child care and preschool programsd | 79 | 75 | -4 |
| Subtotals | ($119) | ($125) | ($6) |
| Other | |||
| Makes CalWORKs caseload and average cost of care adjustments | $103 | $134 | $31 |
| Makes changes to CalWORKs Stage 1 eligibility | — | 41 | 41 |
| Removes one-time increase to quailty services | -16 | -17 | -1 |
| Adjusts Transitional Kindergarten for attendance and LCFF funding rate | 29 | 27 | -2 |
| Funds one-time workforce development initiative | 245 | 245 | — |
| Funds one-time infrastructure initiative | 245 | 245 | — |
| Funds one-time blueprint initiative | 10 | 10 | — |
| Makes other technical adjustments | 4 | 3 | -1 |
| Subtotals | ($620) | ($689) | ($68) |
| Totals | $669 | $748 | $79 |
| a Governor's budget started slots July 1, 2019, whereas May Revision starts slots April 1, 2020. | |||
| b Based on the projected decrease in the birth-through-four population. Governor's budget assumed an 0.89 percent year-over-year decline, whereas May Revision assumes a -0.68 percent decline. | |||
| c The 2018-19 budget includes $205 million for Alternative Payment slots, which will be spent over a two-year period. | |||
| d Under Governor's budget, COLA is 3.46 percent. Under May Revision, COLA is 3.26 percent. | |||
| COLA= cost-of-living adjustment. LEA= local education agency. LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula. | |||