The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - The second payment brought 2023 ‑24 provider rates to the 87 th percentile of the RMR. (Prior to CDE action, rates for the 2023 ‑24 fiscal year were set at the 75 th percentile of the RMR.) To fund these actions, CDE used $167  million temporary COVID-19 relief funds that were set to expire and $265  million Proposition  98 from the set-aside for collective bargaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - Funding 7,000 additional slots equates to $87  million in higher costs. Governor ’s Plan Does Not Account for Provider Flexibility to Transfer Funds Between Programs. Providers that offer both State Preschool and General Child Care have the option twice a year to transfer non-Proposition  98 funds between those two contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027