The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - One goal of the change was to address concerns that —because the SRR is not adjusted by region —direct contract providers in many high ‑cost counties received lower rates than voucher ‑based providers funded through the RMR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Nov 17, 2023 - We understand that the cost study and model would consider costs to comp ly with program requirements (such as health and safety standards, staffing requirements, and licensing requirements), provide high-quality care, and provide higher compensation to staff relative to current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - CHIP is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to children in low-income families, but with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. The state and federal governments share the cost of CHIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  administration appears to share some of these concerns, noting recent job losses among high ‑wage workers and the risks posed by the inherent volatility of tax receipts tied to stock market gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Review Exam Credit Policies The UC President is to strongly encourage UC faculty to review its policies on awarding credits to students successfully passing (1) Advanced Placement tests taken in high school and (2)  exams administered by the College Board to measure mastery of college-level material.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Figure   4 describes the pandemic ‑related actions in more detail. Figure 4 Pandemic ‑Related Child Care Actions (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - The Legislature has historically taken action to expand access to preschool. The Governor ’s proposal differs from recent legislative action by expanding access through TK instead of State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

Nov 14, 2025 - Other Actions Extends Reimbursement Flexibility for Direct Contractors, Transitions to Enrollment-Based Funding in 2026-27. The budget package extends for one additional year the policy of funding direct contract child care and State Preschool providers based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount in their contract or (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs, irrespective of child attendance in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - (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 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - The Governor ’s proposed actions help to address the state ’s budget issues. Delaying the facilities funding provides non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund savings in 2023 ‑24 to address a projected budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682