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

Feb 14, 2023 - Some school districts report planning to make facility updates, such as paving an area. However, 41  percent of school districts and charter schools report they do not intend to make updates to facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Districts Have Option to Serve Younger Children in TK. School districts also have the option to provide TK to students who are born after December 2, but have their fifth birthday during the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Some  school districts, for example, do not operate State Preschool or Head Start programs, which makes identifying appropriate programs with available spaces challenging for districts and families. Some  districts also mentioned challenges with serving students with disabilities in State Preschool given program regulations and requirements that can make it difficult to accommodate children with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - (The exception is for districts that receive state funding in excess of the standard cost shares. These districts are required to return any unspent funds to the state.) The enrollment calculation to determine eligibility for the SFP does not consider a district ’s need for facilities to serve preschool aged children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Each school district or charter school must also make publicl y available its plan for safe in-person instruction within 30 days of receiving ESSER funding. Spending Requirements for State-Level ESSER Funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Allows Districts to Run Part ‑Day Transitional Kindergarten and Full ‑Day Kindergarten on Same Site. The Governor proposes to allow school districts to run their Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten programs on the same site for different lengths of time without a waiver.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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

May 14, 2020 - State law requires each district to develop a strategic plan known as the LCAP. Districts must adopt an LCAP every three years and update the plan annually. On April 22, the Governor signed an executive order extending the deadline for LCAP adoption from July 1, 2020 to December 15, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Most AP agencies are community ‑based organizations, but in some regions the AP agency is a local governmental agency, such as a county office of education, county welfare department, or school district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Though the state lacks data on the length of each full ‑day program, our conversations with experts in the field suggest that school districts and COEs tend to operate for 6.5 hours per day, whereas non ‑LEAs tend to operate 10 hours or more per day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956