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

Apr 29, 2021 - Simila r to the CARES Act, the state can use these funds on emergency needs related to education. California received $154  million for statewide emergency needs under GEER. Any private school funds remaining after six months also may be used for statewide emergency needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - The state provides a statutorily required annual COLA —the same rate provided to K ‑12 education programs —to the SRR. (The RMR does not have a statutory COLA and is adjusted at the Legislature ’s discretion.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates. This partially offsets the revenue increase described above, deteriorating the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Similar to all other K ‑12 students, TK students generate attendance ‑based funding through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). In 2018 ‑19, 91,000 students in California were enrolled in TK. Districts Have Option to Serve Younger Children in TK.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is about $2.6  billion higher than our November estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We have heard from stakeholders that the general unpredictability of how many hours of care a family would ultimately use in any given month may dete r some child care providers from enrolling families that receive vouchers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Similar to all other K ‑12 students, TK students generate attendance ‑based funding through the Local Control Funding Formula. In 2019 ‑20, the state served 89,000 students through TK. Head Start. Many schools and community ‑based organizations operate Head Start —a school readiness program for children ages three to five.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555