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

Oct 27, 2022 - As Figure  1 shows, the 2022-23 Budget Act increases these programs by a total of $4.1  billion (52  percent) from the revised 2021-22 level. Below, we describe the major changes in Child Care and State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Recommendations Recommend Further Reducing State Preschool to Align Funding With Program Costs. Given the state ’s budget condition, we recommend fully aligning funding with anticipated costs and recommend the Legislature direct CDE not to award any of the $33  million for slot expansion being considered this spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The Legislature could further minimize the scope of the transition by also shifting certain child care programs to DSS, such as California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Child Care Stages 2 and 3.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - This would ensure that funding levels for direct contractors are more closely aligned with the number of children they serve. If a contractor ’s attendance remains below pre ‑pandemic levels, they likely would see reductions in the amount of funding they receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This  would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities but would preclude this amount of Proposition  4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects. Spending and Tax Expenditure Proposals New Spending Proposals of Nearly $600   Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Keeping the TK Staffing Ratio at Current Levels Helps Avoid Further Workforce Issues. In  addition to helping address existing budget issues, the Governor ’s proposal to keep TK staffing ratios at existing levels also helps ensure that schools do not experience even greater staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

May 13, 2021 - While CDE in recent years has attempted to redistribute slots from areas with lower demand to areas with the highest level of unmet need, funding within pilot counties has largely been excluded from these efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

Nov 17, 2023 - As a result of recent declines in Proposition 64 revenue levels, the spending plan reduces Proposition 64 funding levels for the GCC program by $46 million in 2023‑24. We understand that the administration intends to backfill the $46 million GCC reduction in 2023‑24 with Proposition 64 carryover funds from prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to further increase CalWORKs grants by 13. 1  p ercent, which would raise grant levels to 50  p ercent of FPL for a family of three. The proposal assumes the grant increase would go into effect October 1, 2019 and cost $ 348  m illion in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The administration expects UC to further increase resident undergraduate enrollment in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. It expects CSU to support additional enrollment at its most impacted campuses and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135