The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - State Funded Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program (IEEEP) in 2018 ‑19. The  2018 ‑19 budget provided $167  million Proposition  98 General Fund for one ‑time competitive grants to LEA providers for the purpose of increasing access to inclusive early education programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - In 2018 ‑19, 91,000 students in California were enrolled in TK. 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 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - (Refer to the Supplemental Report of the 2023‑24 Budget Act for more detail.) 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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

Apr 29, 2021 - CARES Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) Primarily Provided Funding With Broad Discretion. The CARES Act provided $13.2  billion in federal relief for K-12 public schools through ESSER.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Oct 27, 2022 - As Figure  1 shows, the 2022-23 Budget Act increases these programs by a total of $4.1  billion (52  percent) from the revised 2021-22 level. Below, we describe the major changes in Child Care and State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Under this proposed language, program spending that otherwise would have occurred in 2023 ‑24 would not be allocated as part of the June budget act. However, if in January 2024 the administration estimates there are sufficient resources available to fund these expenditures, those programs would be restored halfway through the fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Most of these actions were funded with one ‑time federal funds provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In addition to the $ 350  m illion in CARES Act funding specifically for child care, the state also used $ 110  m illion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) to support child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363