January 2024
Child Care and Preschool
Preschool Budget
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2022-23 Revised | 2023-24 Revised | 2024-25 Proposed | Change from 2023-24 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Expenditures | |||||
| Preschool Programs | |||||
| State Preschoola | $2,579 | $2,548 | $2,141 | -$406 | -15.9% |
| Transitional Kindergartenb | 1,430 | 2,288 | 3,068 | 780 | 34.1% |
| Preschool QRIS Grant | 50 | 50 | 50 | — | — |
| Subtotals | ($4,059) | ($4,885) | ($5,259) | ($374) | (7.7%) |
| Other Support | $694 | $204 | $42 | -$163 | -79.6% |
| Totals | $4,753 | $5,090 | $5,301 | $211 | 4.2% |
| Funding | |||||
| Proposition 98 General Fund | $3,698 | $4,120 | $4,455 | $334 | 8.1% |
| Non-Proposition 98 General Fund | 844 | 916 | 846 | -69 | -7.6% |
| Federal One-time COVID-19 Relief | 210 | 54 | 0 | -54 | -100.0% |
| a Includes up to $5 million each year for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites. | |||||
| b Reflects LAO estimates. | |||||
| QRIS = Quality Rating and Improvement System. | |||||