The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - While Maintaining Some Form of Reimbursement Flexibility for Voucher ‑Based Program Has Merit … The reimbursement flexibility enacted during COVID allowed voucher ‑based providers to receive more predictable child care payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - The cost of building 333 additional classrooms could range from about $ 80  m illion to more than $ 150  m illion, depending on the share of projects that are for new construction and the number of LEAs that are unable to raise their local match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Feb 24, 2016 - Though accepting vouchers is a somewhat less predictable business model for them than direct contracting, Title 22 centers and homes have been operating under a voucher –based business model for decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

May 14, 2020 - Essential workers who exceed existing income eligibility requirements receive last priority. Classroom Size Caps. For child care providers, the state has temporarily limited the number of children that can be served in one room.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

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

Mar 16, 2017 - Some programs also have certain rules specifying who is eligible to participate. For example, the AB 212 Child Care Retention Program (commonly referred to as the AB 212 program) can be used only by teachers employed in settings contracting directly with the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - These proposals include: $ 250  m illion one ‑time Proposition  98 General Fund for per ‑pupil grants to school districts that will serve additional TK students who have their fifth birthday after December  2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - In targeting additional resources for an expanded credit, the Legislature could consider restricting the tax credit to filers who do not receive any subsidies, as this would increase the relative benefit to those families who do not receive subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417