The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Workforce Challenges Appear to Be More Prevalent Compared to Facility Challenges. Workforce issues appear to be a key barrier to TK implementation. Only 23  percent of school districts report having enough multiple subject teaching credential holders to meet the need for TK  expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Some  school districts, for example, do not operate State Preschool or Head Start programs, which makes identifying appropriate programs with available spaces challenging for districts and families. Some  districts also mentioned challenges with serving students with disabilities in State Preschool given program regulations and requirements that can make it difficult to accommodate children with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Feb 28, 2019 - 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

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - We discuss some of these potential administrative challenges in the nearby box. Administrative Challenges Relatively Complex Approaches Increase Administrative Costs. Making the credit more complex —for example varying the credit based on the dependents ’ ages and/or the providers ’ compliance with developmental standards —would require the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) to set up entirely new administrative processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Given these challenges, we think new slots realistically could not be used before January 1, 2020. Additional Facilities a Key Issue. Accommodating new State Preschool slots is likely to entail various challenges, including finding and paying for additional facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Providers also mention challenges in retaining preschool staff and navigating the state contracting process. It is not clear which of these issues is the main reason for the slow take ‑up of additional slots provided in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - The pilot could be particularly helpful in getting a better sense of the cost of an electronic system and the implementation challenges, including available and desired technical support. The findings from the pilot could help other AP agencies decide if they want to implement an electronic process moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Based on our conversations with child care providers, filling new slots also has been challenging becaus e providers are still building up program capacity to pre ‑pandemic levels and dealing with workforce shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Without an Operating Surplus, Responding to a Recession More Challenging. In our November Fiscal Outlook , we found the state has sufficient reserves to cover operating deficits in the event of a typical post‑World War II recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135