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

Jan 13, 2025 - Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues. This improves the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Small providers might see little or no net fiscal benefit. E ven small entities, however, might view an electronic process as more convenient than a paper process. Recommend Legislature Continue to Allow AP Agencies to Decide Best Process for Their Regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

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

Jan 13, 2020 - By proposing a budget with very small operating surpluses, the Governor eliminates a key tool of recession preparedness. Recommend Legislature Consider Overall Targets for Reserves and Operating Surplus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Assessment California Likely Serves Only a Small Proportion of Children Eligible for Early Intervention. The administration believes expanded screenings would allow California to identify and serve more children with developmental delays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

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

Feb 24, 2016 - Despite this variation among counties, almost all counties in California serve a relatively small proportion of low –income children, with most counties serving less than 20  percent. These estimates are based on our comparison of the number of low –income children by county with the total number of subsidized child care slots by county (excluding CSPP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

Jan 13, 2023 - While the fiscal impact of this reauthorization would be small in the budget window —an estimated $300  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —the effect would be much larger in future years, rising to roughly $2  billion in General Fund savings as early as 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - QRIS Consortia Have Small Presence in Many Areas of the State. Currently, California has 48 QRIS consortia serving a small percentage of child care and preschool providers located across all 58 counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties

May 13, 2021 - This would allow the state to test new policies at a small scale before implementing the changes statewide. For example, the state could implement a different family fee schedule in pilot counties a year prior to making the new family fee schedule statewide policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - Similarly, because policies that subsidize child care are designed to increase the demand for child care, the options presented in this report could increase child care costs to some small degree due to increased demand for services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - These issues can be particularly difficult for small providers that may lack the administrative capacity to manage a new facility project. Using One Fund Source Has Benefits. Shifting all non ‑LEA State Preschool funding to one fund source provides administrative flexibility for non ‑LEA providers and CDE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956