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

Jan 13, 2023 - We Estimate the Governor Solved an $18   Billion Budget Problem. We estimate the Governor ’s budget addressed an $18  billion budget problem. This is somewhat lower than the $22  billion budget problem the administration has referenced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - Attrition Rate in Stages 2 and 3 Down From Prior Years. The eligibility changes enacted in 2017 ‑18 resulted in families exiting Stages 2 and 3 at much lower rates compared to previous years. In 2018 ‑19, the attrition rates were 2.4  percent in Stage 2 and 1.4  percent in Stage 3.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 16, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals Format: HTML Description: In this report, we analyze the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3618

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor ’s budget assumes (1)  a $620  million ($230  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent elimination of 6,500 vacant positions and associated funding and (2)  a $1.5  billion ($820  million General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing reduction to state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Prior to the pandemic, the specific amount that a contractor would be reimbursed was based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount; (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs; or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment, multiplied by the attendance rate of its children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This represents an increase of $1. 7  b illion from the 2019 ‑ 20 e nacted reserve level of $18. 8  b illion. Total reserves has three components: $18   Billion in the BSA. Under the Governor ’s estimates and the constitutional rules of Proposition  2, the state is required to make a nearly $ 2  b illion deposit into its constitutional reserve, the BSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Jan 23, 2018 - Specifically, for the last half of 2017 ‑18 and all of 2018 ‑19, the state will pay 12  percent of program costs, rather than the 35  percent assumed in the Governor ’s budget. The administration estimates that these actions reduce estimated General Fund Medi-Cal costs by about $300  million in 2017 ‑18 and about $600  million in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - By 2017-18. Review Units Required for Majors UC has agreed to reduce the number of units required for a major to no more than 45 upper-division units “wherever possible ” in 75 percent of majors at each campus (except the Los Angeles campus because it already has undertaken such a review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - Prior to COVID-19, the state required direct contract programs to have one staff member present for every three infant-aged children, but specified that one teacher must be pr esent for every 18  infant-aged children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231