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

Nov 14, 2025 - This shift is motivated by a change in federal regulations requiring states to pay providers in advance of providing services, rather than the past requirement to pay providers within 21 days of submitting attendance records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Review Exam Credit Policies The UC President is to strongly encourage UC faculty to review its policies on awarding credits to students successfully passing (1) Advanced Placement tests taken in high school and (2)  exams administered by the College Board to measure mastery of college-level material.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Instead, most AP agencies distribute record sheets in paper form, typically several days in advance of a monthly attendance cycle. Once the attendance records are signed at the end of the monthly attendance cycle, providers mail or hand deliver the attendance records back to the AP agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

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 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Based upon first ‑round grant applications, the program is not likely to notably advance the state ’s objective of increasing the number of full ‑day kindergarten programs. Examine all the applications received this year to determine the extent to which districts running part ‑day programs require additional facility funding to convert to full ‑day programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The new Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would lend money to private sector organizations for projects determined to advance the state ’s environmental goals, along with other priorities —such as creating high ‑quality jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135