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

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - Option  4 would carry the same cost as option   3 —about $157   million —illustrating how the Legislature can tailor the credit percentages to reflect the benefit it wants to provide to filers across different income ranges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

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

Nov 17, 2023 - As of April 2023, about 30  percent of the recently added slots have been filled. The spending plan delays the planned child care slot increases by one year, resulting in $134  million General Fund savings in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - The 2023 ‑24 budget temporarily extended the pandemic-related reimbursement flexibility until June 30, 2025. CDE Recently Granted Authority to Augment Rates Set in Budget Package. Assembly Bill  110 provided CDE new authority to issue temporary rate increases to contractors if funding was available within the State Preschool budget appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Apr 29, 2021 - Similar to the requirements for ESSER funds, the state has one year to commit the funds and until September 30, 2022 to expend them. States Are Expected to Maintain Education Funding at Recent Levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

May 14, 2020 - In particular, states can extend the period of availability for federal fiscal year 2018 funds by one year —from September 30, 2020 to September 30, 2021. California has applied for and obtained this flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Funding would be available through June 30, 2024. The budget also includes $60  million Proposition  98 funding to provide training and coaching associated with the early identification process and tools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

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

May 13, 2021 - Families seeking employment are eligible for less than 30 hours of services a week. Families that are seeking permanent housing and/or are homeless are eligible for less than 30 hours of services a week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - (The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 st through September 30 th .) However, funding for CHIP was only authorized by Congress through September 30, 2017, meaning the state would have the higher funding level only for the first three months of its 2017 ‑18 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734