The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - However, under the state ’s current approach —where direct contractors get the higher of SRR or RMR rates —the only providers that receive an annual COLA are those with rates that are higher than the 75th percentile of what private child care providers in their county charge based on the 2018 market survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Before accounting for discretionary choices, the budget position under the administration ’s estimates is similar to what it was under our November estimates. That is, both of our offices have assessed that the budget is roughly balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Nov 17, 2023 - The budget package includes supplemental reporting language for DSS to provide, on or before March  1, 2024, an estimate of child care program funds that may go unspent by the end of 2023 ‑24 and what amount of unspent funds cannot be reappropriated and would revert back to the state or federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - In both cases, the difference stems from what is considered baseline spending —that is, what spending was approved in prior budgets. Specifically, the administration views the following as baseline spending: a $3  billion unallocated set ‑aside for inflation ‑related costs and a shift of $1.4  billion in authorized capital outlay projects from lease revenue bonds to cash.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We are working with DSS to identify what program costs came in lower and how DSS redirected the freed ‑up federal funds. What Amount of Additional Federal Funds Likely Will Be Freed ‑Up Due to Expected Current ‑Year Savings?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - Within each chapter, we tend to focus on the students who are served, the state programs designed to serve them, the funds supporting those programs, how program funding is spent, and what is known about outcomes in that area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

What Are California’s Major School Readiness Programs? [Publication Details]

Nov 1, 2015 - What Are California’s Major School Readiness Programs? [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3890

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2018 - The federal cost share authorized by Congress for the program is higher than what was assumed in the Governor’s budget. These actions reduce estimated General Fund Medi-Cal costs by about $300 million in 2017-18 and about $600 million in 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3734

The 2012-13 Budget: The Governor's CalWORKs and Child Care Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2012 - Under his budget plan, these programs would be reduced a total of $1.4 billion or about 20 percent in 2012-13 compared to what current law otherwise would require. These savings would be achieved by imposing stricter limits on which families are eligible to receive which types of services, as well as lowering state payments for CalWORKs recipients and child care providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2570

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - What is the underlying problem the new governance structure will address, and how does the new governance structure specifically address that problem? How does the reorganization result in better services for children and families?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167