The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - Allocates Federal CARES Act Funds. Trailer legislation allocates $350  million in one-time funding provided in H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This funding is allocated for the following activities: $152  million for 2019-20 expenses related to COVID-19. $73  million to extend temporary emergency vouchers (as mentioned
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Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Hastings College of the Law Reporting requirement Supplemental report by September 30, 2015 on a proposed formula to fund enrollment growth and adjust for enrollment declines. a Authorized in the 2015-16 Budget Act, the Supplemental Report of the 2015-16 Budget Act, Chapter 22, Statutes of 2015
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The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Child Care and Preschool)

Jun 19, 2015 - The 2014-15 Budget Act increased the RMR to the greater of the 85 th percentile of the 2005 regional market rate survey or the 85 th percentile of the 2009 regional market rate survey deficited by 10.11 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3276

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

Jan 23, 2018 - Beginning in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2015 ‑16, the Affordable Care Act authorized an increased federal cost share for CHIP of 88  percent (a 12  percent state share) through 2018 ‑19. (The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 st through September 30 th .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

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

Mar 16, 2017 - In addition, the state designated $24  million on a one ‑time basis for infant and toddler QRIS in 2015 ‑16, with a three ‑year allowable expenditure window extending through 2017 ‑18. The state also did not count this allocation toward the federal quality improvement requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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

Nov 17, 2023 - (Refer to the Supplemental Report of the 2023‑24 Budget Act for more detail.) Other Child Care Actions Pauses Child Care Slot Expansion by One Year. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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

Apr 29, 2021 - CARES Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) Primarily Provided Funding With Broad Discretion. The CARES Act provided $13.2  billion in federal relief for K-12 public schools through ESSER.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - For example, the 4.5  percent across-the-board rate increase in 2015 ‑16 resulted in rates exceeding the 85 th percentile of the market in some regions, with the exact percentile depending on the region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - While federal and state spending (approximately $200  million since 2012) for these QRIS is set to sunset in 2015 –16 , First  5 California —a commission established to use tobacco tax revenues to benefit children birth through five —has recently announced that it plans to spend $190  million between 2015 –16 and 2019 –20 to expand and enhance QRIS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

May 14, 2020 - The federal funding flexibility waiver affects provisions of ESSA Titles I through V, as well as the McKinney-Vento Act, which provides funding for homeless youth. Child Nutrition Waivers. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by the President on March  18, 2020, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive several requirements of existing federal child nutrition programs until September 30, 2020.
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