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

Feb 28, 2019 - Third, some physicians do not refer all potentially eligible children for formal evaluations (in some instances because these physicians are unfamiliar with the state ’s early intervention system or misunderstand its eligibility criteria).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Moreover, the proposed budget trailer legislation states that the new organization would “strengthen a comprehensive strategy on prevention and early intervention. ” The administration, however, has not specified what barriers currently exist to developing such a comprehensive strategy and how the proposal would effectively alleviate these barriers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Nov 14, 2025 - These reforms include developing the California Supporting Providers and Reaching Kids, or CalSPARK system, to replace older systems. The MOU between the state and CCPU requires CCPU be not ified and provided an opportunity to confer on the impact of system updates when updates are possible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The first is to establish an Office of Health Care Affordability responsible for increasing price transparency and developing cost containment strategies and targets for the health care industry. The second is to build on last year ’s efforts to control drug spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details] California's Education System: A 2019 Guide Format: PDF Description: This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - Recommendations Below, we set forth a package of recommendations for building a more coherent child care system. Create One Voucher –Based System. We recommend the Legislature pursue the Governor ’s proposal to unify the existing child care system into one voucher –based program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Under the pilot, a few AP agencies and a subset of interested providers could work together to develop or procure an electronic system. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Funding could also be used more broadly to provide for statewide training and support that helps align local practices with research ‑based strategies that improve student outcomes. Funding would be available through Jun 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Although the Governor ’s proposals would advance the first two of these goals, his living assistance proposal could complicate rather than simplify the state ’s financial aid system. By applying only to Cal Grant recipients with children rather than to all Cal Grant recipients, the Governor ’s proposal adds new program rules that could make understanding and navigating the financial aid system more difficult for students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Oct 27, 2022 - QRIS = Quality Rating Improvement System. State Preschool Budget Includes $1.7  Billion Increase for Preschool. As Figure  2 shows, the 2022-23 budget package adds $2  billion ongoing for State Preschool and TK programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643