The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Child Care and Preschool)

Jun 19, 2015 - Slots Significant Increase in Slots. As shown in Figure 3, the budget funds almost 23,000 (7 percent) more preschool and child care slots in 2015-16 compared to 2014-15. This includes about 17,400 (9 percent) additional slots in non-CalWORKs programs and 5,600 (4 percent) additional slots in the CalWORKs programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3276

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Preschool Facility Funds May Be Available to LEAs That Will Not Be Awarded Slots Down the Line. The Governor ’s preschool facility proposal is disconnected from the process that awards LEAs additional State Preschool slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Feb 24, 2016 - The low –cost counties (which tend to be the rural northern counties) have somewhat more variation, 7  percent on average. Given these groupings, we recommend the state create a system with three reimbursement rates (tiers 1, 2, and 3) to reflect basic cost differences among counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The Governor’s proposal to delay the slot expansion plan by not adding additional child care slots in 2023‑24 would save $134 million General Fund. The proposed delay in the slot expansion plan seems reasonable given state’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - Other Child Care Actions Pauses Child Care Slot Expansion by One Year. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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

May 6, 2019 - Because full-day slots cost more than part-day slots, fewer children overall would be served absent additional funding to cover the higher cost of full-day slots. If half of the part-day slots converted into full-day slots, the Legislature would need to add $360  million to serve the same number of children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Given this would be such a large increase, we think non ‑LEAs might be unable to accommodate all 10, 000 n ew slots in 2019 ‑20. Although non ‑LEAs filled all available slots when slots were last earmarked for them (in 2015 ‑16), they received a much smaller number of additional slots (1,20 0) t hat year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

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

Jan 14, 2019 - These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years. Extending preschool to all children from low ‑income families is consistent with considerable research that has concluded the benefits of preschool are greatest for these children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - Decreases Amount Provided for Slots. The budget includes a $47  million reduction for child care and preschool slots. Figure 2 shows a decrease in State Preschool slots offset by a net increase of both ongoing and temporary slots for the Alternative Payment (AP) Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - More Than One-Third of Slots Funded Using Hold Harmless Rate. As Figure  3 shows, slightly less than two-thirds of slots (63  percent) funded by the state use the most recent survey to determine their rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787