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Overview of Governor’s Child Care and Preschool Proposals
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May 21, 2012 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Preschool and Transitional Kindergarten
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April 12, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 On Education
Overview of Child Care and Development Budget
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March 1, 2012 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
The 2012-13 Budget: The Governor's CalWORKs and Child Care Proposals
February 22, 2012 - The Governor proposes to reduce funding for the CalWORKs program and state-subsidized child care programs. Under his budget plan, these programs would be reduced a total of $1.4 billion or about 20 percent in 2012-13 compared to what current law otherwise would require. These savings would be achieved by imposing stricter limits on which families are eligible to receive which types of services, as well as lowering state payments for CalWORKs recipients and child care providers. Additionally, the Governor’s proposal would make major changes to the way the state administers both welfare-to-work and child care services. In this report, we describe and analyze the Governor’s proposals related to the CalWORKs program and then turn to a similar discussion of the proposed changes to child care programs. We conclude by providing the Legislature with illustrative packages of ways to achieve savings in these two areas using different approaches than the Governor's.
Overview of Child Care and Development Budget
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May 25, 2011 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance
Overview of Child Care and Development Budget
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May 25, 2011 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
Child Care and Development (CCD) Budget: Overview of Conference Issues
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February 24, 2011 - Overview of Conference Issues
Overview of the Child Care and Development Budget
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February 2, 2011 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
The 2011-12 Budget: Child Care and Development
January 24, 2011 - The Governor’s budget plan provides $2.2 billion for child care and development (CCD) in 2011-12—a reduction of $535 million, or 19 percent, compared to the current year. To achieve these savings he proposes several significant changes to current policies. In assessing the Governor’s CCD proposals and building its own CCD package, we recommend the Legislature: (1) balance access to and quality of care, (2) prioritize services for those who most need them, and (3) prioritize direct service over administrative activities. Consistent with these principles, we recommend the Legislature reject the Governor’s proposal to cut state subsidies by 35 percent, reconsider the Governor’s proposal to restore CalWORKs Stage 3 child care, and approve—perhaps in modified form—his proposals to change eligibility criteria and reduce administrative and support activities. We also offer the Legislature a menu of additional CCD savings options and build three illustrative CCD packages.
Overview of California’s Child Care and Development System
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June 29, 2010 - Presented to Senate Education Committee,Subcommittee on Early Learning
Options for Generating Savings in Child Care Budget (Page 27)
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June 14, 2010 - Presented to Budget Conference Committee
Overview of Governor's Child Care Proposals
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May 25, 2010 - Presented to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. May 25, 2010.
Overview of Governor’s Child Care Proposals
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May 19, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health and Human Services and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Overview of the Child Care and Development Budget
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April 22, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education
Overview of the Child Care and Development Budget
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April 13, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 On Education Finance
Education Staff
- Jackie Barocio
- (916) 319-8333
- Child Care, Expanded Learning, School Facilities, and Teachers
- Sara Cortez
- (916) 319-8348
- Special Education, Preschool, and Child Nutrition
- Kenneth Kapphahn
- (916) 319-8339
- Proposition 98, School District Budgets, School Transportation
- Lisa Qing
- (916) 319-8306
- California State University, Student Financial Aid
- Paul Steenhausen
- (916) 319-8303
- California Community Colleges
- Ian Klein
- (916) 319-8336
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, California State Library
- Michael Alferes
- (916) 319-8338
- Local Control Funding Formula, Charter Schools, Alternative Schools, High School Career Technical Education
- Edgar Cabral
- (916) 319-8343
- Deputy Legislative Analyst: K-12 Education
- Jennifer Pacella
- (916) 319-8332
- Deputy Legislative Analyst: Higher Education