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

May 13, 2021 - The policy also reduces administrative burden without adding cost pressure, as three-year olds enrolled in State Preschool are very likely to continue to be eligible as four-year olds. Generally, income eligible four-year olds receive priority enrollment in State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

May 6, 2019 - The administration proposes to add 10,000 State Preschool slots each year for the next three years, for a total of 30,000 added slots. The administration estimates the 30,000 additional slots would be sufficient to serve all income-eligible four-year olds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

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

Nov 17, 2023 - 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. As of April 2023, about 30  percent of the recently added slots have been filled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The specific fees families pay vary by family size and family income. For example, a family of four with annual income of $48,000 would pay $104 a month for full ‑time child care (or $52 a month for part ‑time child care), while a similarly sized family with annual income of $60,000 would pay $356 a month for full ‑time child care (or $178 for part ‑time child care).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The funding is to be the first of three augmentations, with the intent to provide a total of 30,000 additional slots to serve all low ‑income four ‑year olds by 2021 ‑22. These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Feb 24, 2016 - We believe either option would be an improvement over the existing ad hoc service levels across counties. Update Eligibility Criteria to Be More Transparent. To create more transparency in terms of who is being served, we recommend the state link the income eligibility cap with recent SMI data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues. This improves the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Oct 27, 2022 - Budget trailer legislation increases the income eligibility threshold for State Preschool from 75  percent of the state median income to 100  percent. In addition, the budget package exempts children with disabilities from the income criteria if they are enrolled within the provider ’s target percentage (5  percent of enrollment for 2022-23, increasing to 10  percent by 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Children are eligible for State Preschool if their family earns less than 85  percent of the state median income. Participating children either receive a part ‑day or full ‑day option. Providers are funded based on a child ’s attendance in the program, with higher levels of funding —known as an “adjustment factor ” —for certain children, such as dual language learners and children with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - State Also Funds Preschool Program for Low ‑Income Children. The state also funds State Preschool, which provides preschool to low ‑income, three ‑ and four ‑year olds. In 2018 ‑19, 143, 000 t hree ‑ and four ‑year olds were enrolled in State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350