The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most notably, the Governor provides a combined $ 900  m illion for six programs aimed at improving school employee training, recruitment, and retention. The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - Cost Estimates Current-Year CalWORKs Child Care Costs Are Down From Budgeted Levels. We estimate that CalWORKs child care costs for 2019 ‑20 will be $25  million lower than estimated in the June 2019 budget plan (Figure  3).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 21, 2019 - This post is part of our November Outlook series intended to help the Legislature plan for the budget year ahead. In this post, we provide background on the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) child care program, discuss our projections of future CalWORKs child care costs, and identify various risks and uncertainties that could affect these future costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4115

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - As noted above, this is because we estimate a larger share of the overall four-year old population is income eligible. Share of Children Served in Head Start. The administration assumes 25  percent of four-year olds in Head Start also participate in State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - The Governor proposes to eliminate the requirement that families must be working or in school for their children to be eligible for full ‑day State Preschool. Under the Governor ’s proposal, all three ‑ and four ‑year olds who meet the income requirements would be eligible for the full ‑day program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Citing concerns about the number of children eligible for Early Start services failing to receive these services within federally ‑mandated time lines, the Governor proposes adding four full ‑time positions at DDS (at a cost of $446,000 General Fund) to increase monitoring of regional center Early Start programs from once every three years to once every two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities. Throughout the report, we rely almost entirely upon state and federal government data sources and cite the most readily available data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Separate from his proposals to pay down the CalSTRS unfunded liability, the Governor proposes providing $ 700  m illion over the next two years ($ 350  m illion per year) to provide school and community college districts immediate budget relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Of the 76 AP agencies, 51 are nonprofit community–based organizations, 14 are county of fices of education, 9 are county welfare departments, 1 i s a school district, and 1 i s a city government. AP Agencies Have a Variety of Administrative Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - This means no provider would receive less than it received in the year prior to the rate change. Chapter  15 of 2017 (AB  99, Committee on Budget) effectively removes the final hold harmless provision on December 31, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787