The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - With this approach, providers had to serve a specified number of children to fully earn the contract. If a provider did not earn a contract, funds would be returned to the state. The 2023 ‑24 budget temporarily extended the pandemic-related reimbursement flexibility until June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

May 13, 2021 - The state determines many programmatic aspects, such as who is eligible for the programs and how much providers receive for reimbursement. For example, state law specifies that, to be eligible for subsidized child care, children must be under the age of 13 and from a family with an income at or below 85  percent of the state median income ($73,885 for a family of three).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This budget approach leaves the Legislature without a clear understanding as to how the segments will use their funding increases, and it raises the potential for some allocation decisions made by the segments to be poorly aligned with broader legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Given the complexities of such a change, the Legislature may want to wait a few years and see how the expansion of TK affects State Preschool enrollment before deciding to adjust eligibility in this way.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

May 14, 2020 - On April 30, ED released rankings based on state shares of (1)  population without broadband access, (2)  low-income students, (3)  confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita, and (4)  students attending rural schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - Option  4 would carry the same cost as option   3 —about $157   million —illustrating how the Legislature can tailor the credit percentages to reflect the benefit it wants to provide to filers across different income ranges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Under this approach, providers had to have a specified amount of attendance to fully earn their contract. Any unearned funds would be returned to the state and could be redistributed to other providers that had capacity to serve more children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - How the Legislature may want to go about preschool expansion depends on its own specific goals. For example, if the Legislature wants to offer one year of public preschool to all students, then TK could be a better path to expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Each of these programs has rules specifying how funds can be used. These rules typically are created by CDE. For example, CDE specifies how much certain programs may spend on specified program activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618