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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure  3 shows these adjustments in more detail. Figure 3 Changes in Preschool Adjustment Factors Previous Adjustment Receiving mental health consultation services 1.05 1.10 Requires State Preschool Providers Serve Children With Disabilities.
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The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - This compares with 2016 ‑17 attrition rates of 4.5  percent in Stage 2 and 3.1  percent in Stage 3. Our forecast assumes attrition in Stages 2 and 3 stays at the lower 2018 ‑19 rates through 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

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

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

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - To this end, as shown in Figure  3, we recommend reducing State Preschool by $138  million ongoing Proposition  98 beginning in 2023 ‑24. This would eliminate funds intended for expansion and prior rate increases where costs have come in lower.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - As part of the 2023 collectively bargained early education and parity agreement, the state did not apply the COLAs for 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25. Instead, the amount that would have been required to fund the 2023 ‑24 COLA over the next two years was used to fund the agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Under these estimates and assumptions, the state would end 2023 ‑24 with $3.8  billion in the SFEU. Figure 4
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The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Specifically, 43  percent of school districts report they plan to offer TK to four ‑year olds with birthdays after February  3, whereas 35  percent report they do not plan to offer TK to this population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Overall, we identify the following potential savings the Legislature could immediately capture in the budget and redirect to other legislative priorities: (1)  as much as roughly $800  million savings in 2022 ‑23 resulting from delayed allocation of annualized funds associated with 2021 ‑22 slot increases, (2) $80  million to $100  million in excess COLA funding, and (3)  several
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