The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In turn, this likely would require a number of changes to how providers operate. They  may change their processes for marketing and improving relationships with other agencies that can refer students with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Jan 13, 2025 - In addition, it used more tax funds to offset General Fund spending on Medi ‑Cal, in turn reducing planned spending on provider rate increases. These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Alternatively, the Legislature could add new out ‑year trigger reductions —in which spending triggers off under certain conditions —or by using other budget solutions, such as revenue increases or cost shifts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The Governor’s proposal to delay the slot expansion plan by not adding additional child care slots in 2023‑24 would save $134 million General Fund. The proposed delay in the slot expansion plan seems reasonable given state’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate Stage 1 caseload will increase by 9  percent in 2019 ‑20, an additional 9  percent in 2020 ‑21, and level off through the rest of the period. This caseload trend is intended to capture the effect of the recent policy changes that make accessing Stage 1 child care easier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Citing concerns about the number of children eligible for Early Start services failing to receive these services within federally ‑mandated time lines, the Governor proposes adding four full ‑time positions at DDS (at a cost of $446,000 General Fund) to increase monitoring of regional center Early Start programs from once every three years to once every two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Before lowering the part ‑day rate, weigh the trade ‑offs of full ‑day and part ‑day programs carefully, as some parents prefer to send their children to part ‑day programs. One‑Time Improvement Initiative Hold off on spending $ 500  m illion from the Governor ’s one ‑time initiative given the state lacks key data to make informed spending decisions about the child care workforce and facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2012-13 Budget: The Governor's CalWORKs and Child Care Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2012 - In this report, we describe and analyze the Governor’s proposals related to the CalWORKs program and then turn to a similar discussion of the proposed changes to child care programs. We conclude by providing the Legislature with illustrative packages of ways to achieve savings in these two areas using different approaches than the Governor's.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2570

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Moreover, to achieve universal access to preschool through the TK program, the state would also have to allow school districts to generate attendance ‑based funding for children who turn five after the school year ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350