The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Preliminary enrollment data for 2023 ‑24 indicate growth of less than one-half of 1  percent in 2023 ‑24 compared to 2022 ‑23. Given these trends, State Preschool enrollment is likely to increase in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Apr 29, 2021 - Any expenses incurred after March  13, 2020 —considered the start of the emergency —are eligible for reimbursement. Allowable uses for the local assistance grants are broad and include: Activities Aligned With Existing Federal Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Additionally, within 90 days of federal approval, DSS and CCPU can reopen bargaining negotiations to restructure the current subsidy rate reimbursement a nd associated funding. Requires Reporting on Estimated Unspent Funds and Expenditures in Child Care and State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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

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

May 14, 2020 - Of this amount, at least 90  percent is to be sent to school districts and charter schools proportional to their Title I funding under ESSA. Up to 10  percent of the amount is available for statewide emergency needs in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, as determined by the California Department of Education (CDE).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - They can continue receiving subsidized care until their income exceeds 85  p ercent of the SMI or their child ages out of the program (turns 13 years old). At the state level, Stage   1 i s administered by the Department of Social Services, while Stages  2 and 3 are administered by CDE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Staffing Ratio 1 to 33 maximum  teacher ‑child  ratio. 1 to 24 maximum teacher ‑child ratio and 1 to 8 maximum adult ‑child ratio. Funding Source Proposition 98 and Non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund. Providers School districts, county offices of education, community colleges, and community ‑based organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - As Figure 1 shows, the 2020-21 Budget Act reduces these programs by a total of $102  million (2  percent) from the revised 2019-20 level. Proposition  98 and Non-Proposition  98 General Fund were reduced by $144  million and $445  million, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Provides $13   Million Ongoing General Fund for CDE State Operations to Address Administrative Shortfall. As part of the transition, the Governor ’s budget includes $ 13  m illion and 83 n ew positions for CDE to backfill some of the positions shifting to DSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Prior to the pandemic, the specific amount that a contractor would be reimbursed was based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount; (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs; or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment, multiplied by the attendance rate of its children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024