The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In 2023‑24 and 2024‑25, the state made one‑time reductions to the program in recognition that funding provided exceeded the amount necessary to fund all State Preschool contracts. Child Care and State Preschool Reimbursement Rates in Transition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - The first option assumes TK classrooms will have 3 adults and maintain class sizes at 24  students. This option would cost $196  million less than the Governor  proposes. The  second option assumes TK classrooms decrease from 24 to 20 students and include 2  adults.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - The Governor ’s budget includes $65  million to cover an anticipated shortfall in 2023 ‑24. The bulk of this adjustment, $48  million, is attributed to an anticipated increase in meals served in 2023 ‑24 compared to the amount budgeted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - These funds were originally provided as part of the 2023-24 budget package. Includes Additional One-Time Funding for Golden State Teacher Grants. The budget includes $50  million in new one-time non-Proposition  98 General Fund support for this program in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - Total Child Care and Preschool Budget (Dollars in Millions) Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 Infant and Toddler QRIS Grant (one-time) 24 61 16 a Reflects Department of Social Services ’ revised Stage 1 estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - For COEs that are funded a bove their LCFF targets (33 of 58 COEs in 2021-22), the budget package establishes an ongoing add-on equal to the annual statutory COLA that COEs funded at their target receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, CSU began addressing this situation by reallocating existing enrollment slots from campuses under their 2023 ‑24 targets to those exceeding their 2023 ‑24 targets. Effectively, this reallocation moved funding internally within the CSU system to help support more enrollment growth at growing campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 28, 2023 - In 2022-23 and 2023-24, TK eligibility expands by an additional two months each year. To be eligible for TK, a child must have their fifth birthday by April 2 in 2023-24, compared with February 2 in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - In practice, this means TK classrooms have 24 students or fewer, with one credentialed teacher and one instructional aide. State law also specifies that ratios would be reduced to one adult for every ten students starting in 2023 ‑24, contingent on additional funding being  provided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - The cost of covering the state ’s core K-12 education programs exceeds the Proposition  98 funding available for schools in 2023 ‑24. To bridge the gap, the budget withdraws approximately $5.3  billion from the Proposition  98 Reserve to support LCFF costs in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929