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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure  3 shows these adjustments in more detail. Figure 3 Changes in Preschool Adjustment Factors Previous Adjustment Receiving mental health consultation services 1.05 1.10 Requires State Preschool Providers Serve Children With Disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 14, 2025 - Beginning 2026-27, the budget package sets a new policy to fund direct contrac t providers based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount in their contract, (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs, or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - 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). This amount is the net effect of changes across the three stages of CalWORKs child care, with Stage 1 costs estimated to be $20  million higher, Stage 2 costs $58  million lower, and Stage 3 costs $14  million higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Currently, California has 48 QRIS consortia serving a small percentage of child care and preschool providers located across all 58 counties. These consortia are comprised of a variety of county ‑level support entities such as R &Rs, LPCs, and First  5 commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Reimbursement Flexibility Set to Expire June  30, 2025. Although the state initially enacted this reimbursement flexibility during the pandemic, the policy was later extended. Most recently, the 2023 ‑24 budget extended the flexibilities until June  30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - On April 30, ED released rankings based on state shares of (1)  population without broadband access, (2)  low-income students, (3)  confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita, and (4)  students attending rural schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - In addition to ESSER, ARP provides a $3  billion one-time augmentation to federal special education funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Of this funding, California will receive $302  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Figure 3 Comparing the Governor ’s Budget and LAO Recommendation Proposition 98 (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - To the extent allowed under future federal law, trailer legislation requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to allocate funding in the following order: $30  million to waive family fees for families not receiving in-person care. $35  million for granting voucher providers an additional 14 paid non-operation days (to the extent funding already provided in the budget
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

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

Jan 13, 2025 - (On a technical basis, under the administration ’s estimates, we estimate the balance of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties [SFEU] would be about $3  billion before the Governor ’s proposals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951