January 2025
Child Care and Preschool
Preschool Budget
(Dollars in Millions)
| 2023-24 Revised | 2024-25 Revised | 2025-26 Proposed | Change from 2024-25 | ||
| Amount | Percent | ||||
| Expenditures | |||||
| Preschool Programs | |||||
| Transitional Kindergartena | $2,104 | $2,797 | $4,656 | $1,860 | 66.5% |
| State Preschoolb | 2,567 | 2,173 | 2,875 | 702 | 32.3 |
| Preschool QRIS Grant | 50 | 50 | 50 | — | — |
| Subtotals | ($4,721) | ($5,020) | ($7,582) | ($2,562) | (51.0%) |
| Other Support | $32 | $19 | $1 | -$18 | -94.5% |
| Totals | $4,753 | $5,039 | $7,583 | $2,544 | 50.5% |
| Funding | |||||
| Proposition 98 General Fund | $3,784 | $4,174 | $6,573 | $2,398 | 57.5% |
| Non-Proposition 98 General Fund | 916 | 865 | 1,010 | 145 | 16.8 |
| Federal One-time COVID-19 Relief | 54 | — | — | — | — |
| a Reflects LAO estimates. | |||||
| b Includes up to $5 million each year used for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites. | |||||
| QRIS = Quality Rating and Improvement System. | |||||