The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Oct 27, 2022 - The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool The 2022-23 California Spending Plan Child Care and Preschool Budget Provides $12  Billion for Child Care and Preschool Programs. Of this amount, $4.6  billion is for preschool and transitional kindergarten (TK) programs, $5.2  billion is for other child development programs, and $2.2  billion is for support programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Currently, California has 48 QRIS consortia serving a small percentage of child care and preschool providers located across all 58 counties. These consortia are comprised of a variety of county ‑level support entities such as R &Rs, LPCs, and First  5 commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details] California's Education System: A 2019 Guide Format: PDF Description: This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - This amount is the net effect of changes across the three stages of CalWORKs child care, with Stage 1 costs estimated to be $20  million higher, Stage 2 costs $58  million lower, and Stage 3 costs $14  million higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget modifies this requirement so that when families already receiving child care services add a child to the family size and request services for the child, eligibility is not recertified until the new chil d has received at least 12 months of services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Apr 29, 2021 - The flexible statewide ESSER funding was used to provide $112  million for higher reimbursement rates for some school meals, $45  million for a competitive grant to support implementation of the community schools model, $6  million for teacher professional development to address student learning loss, and $2  million for the California Department of Education (CDE) to administer the funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Trailer legislation delays the requirement by two years, as shown in Figure  6. The $340  million in savings associated with this delay is used for the $2.7  billion set aside. Figure 6 Share of Children With Disabilities State Preschool Providers Must Serve by Year Year Plan as of June 2022 Plan as of June 2023 2022 ‑23
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue ‑specific budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - The state provides a statutorily required annual COLA —the same rate provided to K ‑12 education programs —to the SRR. (The RMR does not have a statutory COLA and is adjusted at the Legislature ’s discretion.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/3