The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Preliminary enrollment data for 2023 ‑24 indicate growth of less than one-half of 1  percent in 2023 ‑24 compared to 2022 ‑23. Given these trends, State Preschool enrollment is likely to increase in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The administration indicated it was modifying the proposal due to cost concerns. The amount of funding requested in 2021 ‑22 ($ 13  m illion), however, now exceeds the cost of the initial proposal to create a separate department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Given most submitted reports indicated school districts have adequate classroom space to meet projected TK enrollment, facility issues do not appear as prevalent a barrier to TK expansion. However, given past augmentations for early education facilities were oversubscribed, any funding provided would likely be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Since publishing our evaluation, we received updated data for California which indicate the state has improved somewhat on meeting these deadlines but still does notably worse than most states were doing in their most recent data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The administration indicates schools may use these funds for either ( 1)  s pecial education services for students with disabilities or ( 2)  e arly intervention programs for students who are not yet receiving special education services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - During our conversations with providers, some indicated they were interested in shifting to an electronic process because they believed such a process would lead to quicker payments from AP agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

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

May 14, 2020 - Based on these four indicators, California ranks in the bottom 20 states and would not receive priority for funding. Relief Package Provides One-Time Augmentations to Existing Federal Programs. In addition to the Education Stabilization Fund, the CARES Act augments funding to various existing federal programs likely to be involved in response efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - The proposed budget trailer legislation to implement the reorganization indicates that one potential benefit of greater collabor ation would be improved eligibility processes across various health and human services programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Feb 24, 2016 - Looking at the most recent RMR survey indicates that the differences across counties generally cluster into three groups. Urban and coastal counties tend to be the highest –cost counties, with monthly school –age rates varying less than 4  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367