The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - In exploring options, the state will want to work with the federal government to ensure the state remains in compliance with CCDF rules. While Maintaining Some Form of Reimbursement Flexibility for Voucher ‑Based Program Has Merit … The reimbursement flexibility enacted during COVID allowed voucher ‑based providers to receive more predictable child care payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Nov 14, 2025 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Mar 16, 2017 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals. The report has six main sections. In the first section, we provide background on child care and preschool programs in California. In the second section, we provide an overview of the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 16, 2017 - In the following two sections, we provide in‑depth analyses of (1) the state’s various quality improvement activities and (2) Alternative Payment agencies, which administer certain child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3618

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

May 14, 2020 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Specifically, AP agencies use the records in this way for families that have variable, or changing, work schedules. For providers who care for children with parents who have consistent, unchanging work schedules, the contents of the attendance record are not used to calculate the providers’ payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Beginning in 2022 ‑23, TK classrooms must, on average, have 1 adult for every 12 students and school districts will receive $2,813 per TK average daily attendance to cover the associated costs. In practice, this means TK classrooms have 24 students or fewer, with one credentialed teacher and one instructional aide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - For CalWORKs Stages 2 and 3 and the AP program, the state contracts with AP agencies that determine eligibility for care and process payments to providers. (For CalWORKs Stage 1, the state funds county welfare departments that either issue payments to providers directly or subcontract this work out to AP agencies.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367