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

Nov 14, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package extends this requirement through July 2027 and requires the quarterly reports to also include reporting on progress toward prospective pay and enrollment-based funding. The M OU between the state and CCPU also requires the convening of a Joint Labor Management Committee to meet monthly to provide recommendations by November 30, 2025 on the implementation of a single rate structure based on the alternative methodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details]

Nov 14, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Revisiting Various Child Care and State Preschool Funding Policies As we discuss in our recent post, The 2025‑26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight , we advise the Legislature to use the 2025‑26 budget process to conduct robust fiscal oversight of state programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/3

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/2

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - We estimate $310  million ongoing will be available in 2025 ‑26. Additional funds could also become available with the expiration of the pandemic related reimbursement flexibility in 2025 ‑26. If enrollment does not increase from spring 2023 levels, the state may be able to reduce the State Preschool program allocation by an additional $573  million in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Nov 17, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817