The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Districts incur penalties if they do not comply with TK class size and the staffing ratio requirement. In the nearby box, we describe the TK penalties in more detail. State Has Several Penalties Related to Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Program Requirements The State Has Three Penalties for TK.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposal also would allow parents or guardians of TK students to opt out of the screening. Assessment Developing a Screening Tool for TK Students Likely Beneficial. The Governor ’s proposal is a reasonable starting point for addressing the lack of English proficiency screening for TK students after the enactment of Chapter  15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

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

Nov 10, 2025 - This adjustment is intended to mitigate losses in funding from a recent change in state law that eliminated the English language proficiency assessment for TK students. Trailer legislation specifies that EL counts in TK will be calculated by applying a fact or to TK enrollment equal to the share of ELs enrolled in kindergarten who are not eligible for free or reduced-price meals and not a foster youth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 14, 2023 - State Also Made Recent Programmatic Changes to TK. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement also included a new class size requirement for TK —specifically , requiring that school districts maintain an average TK classroom enrollment of no more than 24 students at each school site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Specifically, these programs must offer the program to all TK through grade 6 students in classroom ‑based settings and provide access to  all students whose parent or guardian requests their placement in a program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - The law currently requires districts to have at least 1 adult for every 12 TK students to receive this add ‑on. These cost estimates assume that statewide attendance for TK students is 229,200 in 2025 ‑26, an increase of 61,300 compared with the attendance in 2024 ‑25. $746   Million for Additional Staff in TK Classrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

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

Sep 16, 2024 - Provides Increase for TK Expansion and Staffing Requirements. Trailer legislation included in the 2021 ‑22 budget package gradually expanded TK eligibility beginning in 2022 ‑23, with all four-year old children eligible for TK by 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 25, 2021 - Transitional Kindergarten Expands TK to All Four-Year Olds. Budget trailer legislation gradually expands TK eligibility from 2022 ‑23 through 2025 ‑26. Figure  5 shows the expansion schedule. At full implementation in 2025 ‑26, a child who has their fourth birthday by September 1 will be eligible for TK, making the grade available to all four-year olds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4466

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

Nov 28, 2023 - Provides Increase for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Expansion and Staffing Requirements. Trailer legislation included in the 2021-22 budget package gradually expanded TK eligibility beginning in 2022-23, with all four-year old children eligible for TK beginning in 2025-26 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4818

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98

Oct 24, 2022 - Provides Increase for TK Expansion and Staffing Requirements. Trailer legislation included in the 2021-22 budget package gradually expanded TK eligibility beginning in 2022-23, with all four-year olds eligible for TK beginning in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4641