Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - The exception could be for those providers that currently get paid later than other providers because they submit their attendance records late or their records have errors. Were an electronic system to help in submitting records on time and with fewer errors, these providers like ly could get paid sooner (that is, at the same time other providers are paid).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - Within each chapter, we tend to focus on the students who are served, the state programs designed to serve them, the funds supporting those programs, how program funding is spent, and what is known about outcomes in that area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Although we are uncertain how many additional children would end up receiving early intervention services because of the administration ’s proposal (since we do not have good provider data about the number of screenings already occurring), we caution that any effort to serve more children may be complicated by a shortage of qualified providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - These questions include: How Does the Governor ’s Budget Allocate Over $5   Billion in Federal Relief Funds? Based on our analysis of DSS budget documents, we do not know how the administration plans to use $232  million of the over $5  billion in federal relief funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 13, 2023 - In contrast, we do not view these items as baseline spending because they were not approved in any budget ‑related legislation. Consequently, we do not consider withdrawing the inflation set ‑aside or shifting back to lease revenue bonds from cash to be budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Rather than make marginal changes to existing preschool programs to get them to operate somewhat more similarly, we recommend the Legislature take a more holistic approach. Under such an approach, the Legislature would consider how best to serve four ‑year olds, particularly those from low ‑income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - (AP agencies do not receive a similar COLA for CalWORKs child car e.) As part of the 2023 collectively bargained early education and parity agreement, the state did not apply the COLAs for 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - In future years, the Legislature could decide how many new slots to approve based on the take ‑up in 2019 ‑20. Keep Work Requirement and Give New Slots to Providers Operating at Least a 10 ‑Hour Day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - In targeting additional resources for an expanded credit, the Legislature could consider restricting the tax credit to filers who do not receive any subsidies, as this would increase the relative benefit to those families who do not receive subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417