The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Oversight of programs allows the state to determine whether existing programs are well‑designed to address their key goals, as well as help inform legislative actions that might be needed to help balance the state budget over the next few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Feb 6, 2019 - Within each chapter, we tend to focus on the students who are served, the state programs designed to serve them, the funds supporting those programs, how program funding is spent, and what is known about outcomes in that area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis Developmentally appropriate activities designed to facilitate transition to kindergarten. None for voucher programs. Contract programs same as State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - Most of the proposals are designed to make State Preschool programs more similar to those of Transitional Kindergarten but one proposal is designed to make Transitional Kindergarten more similar to State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Required actions (1) The UC Regents are required to consider state employee compensation when considering compensation for employees in its “Senior Management Group. ” At a minimum, the UC Regents are required to consider comparable positions designated as “state officers ” (such as the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a Member of the Legislature) and certain
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - Similarly, because policies that subsidize child care are designed to increase the demand for child care, the options presented in this report could increase child care costs to some small degree due to increased demand for services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - However, since CDE has yet to allocate any previously appropriated funds for the program, it is unclear whether the program design is an effective way to achieve this goal. Recommendations Wait Until Next Year to Assess Interest in the Kindergarten Facility Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget also includes a few augmentations designed to improve support for districts not meeting the goals of their Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) —another linchpin reform of the prior administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - In year two, we recommend beginning to implement the changes by applying the new reimbursement rates to all existing voucher slots, beginning to convert contracted slots to vouchers, beginning to equalize service levels across counties, providing some one –time funds to help providers learn about and meet any higher program standards, and designating a small amount of ongoing funds for reinstating the CELs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The executive reorganization process not only is relatively expedient (it can be completed in 90 days) but also includes a framework designed to increase the likelihood that a reorganization would be effective and smoothly implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135