The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

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The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

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The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Between 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time General Fund to support TK expansion. These augmentations include: Facility Support. In 2021 ‑22, $490  million in one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund funding was provided to construct or retrofit early education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

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The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

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The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals The 2021-22 Budget Child Care Proposals In this post, we analyze the Governor ’s proposal to transition state administration of child care programs from the California Department of Education (CDE) to the Department of Social Services (DSS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

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The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In 2021 ‑22, State Enacted Plan to Expand TK to All Four ‑Year Olds. Budget trailer legislation enacted in 2021 ‑22 gradually expands TK eligibility from 2022 ‑23 through 2025 ‑26. At full implementation in 2025 ‑26, a child who has their fourth birthday by September 1 will be eligible for TK, making the grade available to all four ‑year olds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties

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