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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Forgo the COLA and Score General Fund Savings in Light of Broader Budget Problem. To the extent the projected budget problem is worse in the May Revision, the Legislature could forgo using the $303  million in COLA ‑related funds to reduce total program  expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Assessments of child ‑teacher interactions are made using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), a specific assessment developed by early childhood researchers. To conduct these assessments, assessors must be trained in the CLASS tool and certified as reliable in providing ratings in a consistent way.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618