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

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

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

Mar 16, 2017 - If a school district runs Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs on the same site, the two programs at that site must be run for the same length of the day. Districts that want to operate a full ‑day Kindergarten and a part ‑day Transitional Kindergarten program on the same site must obtain a waiver from the State Board of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Most notably, the new funding was limited in the first two years to school sites that currently do not offer full ‑day kindergarten. Beginning in 2021 ‑22, school sites that already offer full ‑day kindergarten also can apply for funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - If space remains available at a particular preschool site, then providers may serve three-year olds —also prioritizing the lowest-income families. We estimate State Preschool in 2018 ‑19 is serving 123,000 four-year olds and 47,000 three-year olds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

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

Feb 14, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement also included a new class size requirement for TK —specifically , requiring that school districts maintain an average TK classroom enrollment of no more than 24 students at each school site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682