The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Although non ‑LEAs filled all available slots when slots were last earmarked for them (in 2015 ‑16), they received a much smaller number of additional slots (1,20 0) t hat year. Such a large one ‑year slot increase also may be difficult for CDE to administer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

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

Feb 14, 2023 - State law also specifies that ratios would be reduced to one adult for every ten students starting in 2023 ‑24, contingent on additional funding being  provided. Additional Requirements for TK Teachers Scheduled to Take Effect Next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Require Facilities Be Used for State Preschool for Ten Years. We recommend the Legislature require grant recipients to use the grant ‑funded facility for State Preschool or Headstart for at least ten years after the facility is operational.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Recent budgets have allocated or planned tens of billions of dollars for one ‑time or temporary spending purposes in 2021 ‑22, 2022 ‑23, and 2023 ‑24. The Legislature can select an entirely different set of spending solutions to address the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - Depending upon the specific set of assumptions made, estimates of unserved children can vary by tens of thousands. In the next section, we walk through the key assumptions in our respective estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In 2019 ‑20 (the most recent year data is available), 27  percent of three ‑ to five ‑year olds with disabilities in California attended a regular early childhood program at least ten hours a week, compared with 56  percent of three ‑ to five ‑year olds nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Depending on how such a strategy was structured, it too may increase state costs by tens of millions of dollars. We recommend the Legislature consider these costs when constructing its overall budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Whereas ten AP  agencies have total contract amounts less than $ 1  m illion, two have contract amounts in excess of $ 100  m illion. Monthly Attendance Records Monthly Attendance Records Are Intended to Verify the Children Who Received Care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

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

May 14, 2020 - The new guidance specifies that no more than ten children are to be served in one center-based classroom. For family child care home s, no more than four infant children, or no more than six children (at most two infants and four other aged children), can be served in one home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

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

Mar 16, 2017 - As listed in Figure  9, federal law specifies ten allowable quality improvement activities. These activities range from training for child care and preschool providers to developing early learning materials for these providers to enforcing licensing requirements to providing information about child care options to parents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618