The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 14, 2025 - This reduction was based on the administration ’s projections of the amount of funding necessary to meet demand for the program and is not intended to reduce access to services. A total of $63.6  million ongoing funding ($53.4  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund, $3.8  million Proposition  64, and $6.5  million federal funds) remains available for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Facility challenges appear to be less of an issue, with 75  percent of school districts reporting they have adequate space to meet the projected enrollment of TK students. Some school districts report planning to make facility updates, such as paving an area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This  would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities but would preclude this amount of Proposition  4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects. Spending and Tax Expenditure Proposals New Spending Proposals of Nearly $600   Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Both our office and the administration project that the state faces a manageable budget problem this year. The Governor addresses the budget problem primarily with spending ‑related solutions, as shown in the figure below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - After applying the COLA, the administration projects that providers in three additional counties would be funded based on the SRR, resulting in a total of 45  counties funded based on the SRR. LAO Comments COLA Policy Effectively Prioritizes Rate Increases for Lower ‑Cost Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Additionally, DSS and CDE are required to provide point-in-time allocations and projected expenditure levels associated with the collectively bargained early education and parity agreement. (Refer to the Supplemental Report of the 2023‑24 Budget Act for more detail.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We find the Governor ’s proposal to delay child care slot increases seems reasonable given the projected budget problem and delays in allocating new slot funding. Additionally, we identify various ways the Legislature could provide a COLA to child care providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Based on the administration ’s multiyear outlook and associated projections of the Proposition   98 m inimum guarantee —and accounting for changes in attendance and cost of living —we think the state would be able to cover the costs of TK expansion within growth in the minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350