The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 5,054 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities Provides additional access to child care services for children under the age of 21 years and with exceptional needs. c  Program is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Provides Funding for Save the Children. The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

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

Feb 28, 2019 - This requirement is intended to ensure states treat similar children similarly. Because California does not identify and serve all eligible children, it may treat similar children dissimilarly, serving some children with specific developmental challenges but not serving others with the exact same challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Feb 4, 2021 - Preschool ‑aged children with disabilities can be served alongside other children with special needs or in more inclusive settings alongside children without disabilities, such as the federal Head Start Program or the California State Preschool Program. 2019 ‑20 Budget Package Provided $493   Million One ‑Time Funding for Special Education Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4345

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - As previously mentioned, however, the state does not collect robust data on county ‑level spending on children ’s mental health services. Without knowing the current levels of spending on children ’s services, it is unclear whether the proposed $ 25  m illion Proposition  98 would match new MHSA spending or existing funding already dedicated to children ’s services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - The previous plan would have required providers have at least 10  percent of children enrolled in the State Preschool program be children with disabilities by 2026-27. The budget package maintains the 5  percent requirement moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

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

Sep 16, 2024 - Provides Funding for Save the Children. The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for Save the Children to operate after school programs in rural school districts. In 2023 ‑24, Save the Children received $3  million one-time federal funding for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

Overview of Special Education in California

Nov 6, 2019 - About 7. 5  p ercent of California ’s school ‑aged children (roughly 500,000 students) are enrolled in private schools. Federal law requires school districts to identify and offer special education to all qualified children residing in their service areas, regardless of whether these children attend public or private schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4110

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Chapter  51 of 2019 (SB  75, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) extends two of these adjustments factors (for children with exceptional needs and children with severe disabilities) to part-day State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

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

May 14, 2020 - The new guidance specifies that no more than ten children are to be served in one center-based classroom. For family child care home s, no more than four infant children, or no more than six children (at most two infants and four other aged children), can be served in one home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231