The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - How does the new governance structure eliminate duplication or overlap of government services? How does the new governance structure align with recommendations of the master plan? What is the total implementation and ongoing cost of the new governance structure?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Governor ’s Master Plan Includes Goal to Provide Universal Preschool to All Four ‑Year Olds. In December 2020, the Governor released a master plan for early learning and care. One of the goals within the master plan is to provide all of California ’s income ‑eligible three ‑year ‑olds and all four ‑year olds with access to preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - As part of this effort, UC will convene a group of industry leaders to identify which online certificate and master ’s degree programs could benefit California ’s workforce. Convene industry group during summer 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

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

Jan 13, 2020 - We recommend that the Legislature ask the administration to lay out how Medi ‑Cal Healthier California for All affects other programs and planning initiatives, such as the Governor ’s Master Plan for Aging and efforts related to homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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 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 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - This allows providers to receive their full contract amount regardless of how many children are enrolled in the program. Prior to the pandemic, reimbursement for direct contract programs was based on the lesser of reimbursable program costs, the contract amount, and the reimbursement rate multiplied by attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - If the administration has specific concerns with how CDE is administering the program, more cost effective solutions likely exist to address these concerns. Legislature Has Several Options on How to Proceed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - More broadly, the Legislature might also want to consider changes to how AP agencies are funded. In a previous analysis of AP agency funding, we make several recommendations that would better align funding for AP agencies with the costs to administer voucher ‑based programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Figure  3 shows how the spending solutions are broken out across program area and type. Appendix  1 provides a list of these proposed solutions. The remainder of this section describes each of these types in turn. $7.1   Billion in Delayed Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662