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

Nov 14, 2025 - Beginning 2026-27, the budget package sets a new policy to fund direct contrac t providers based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount in their contract, (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs, or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Given the alternative methodology and a new collective bargaining agreement may not be finalized prior to the June  15 deadline to pass a budget, the Legislature may want to plan for costs associated with the new rates in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Oct 27, 2022 - Funds can be used for a variety of purposes including assessing parental preferences for preschool and engaging in community-level coordination to implemen t preschool options. Extends Family Fee Waivers and Reimbursement Flexibilities for an Additional Year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Spending and Tax Expenditure Proposals New Spending Proposals of Nearly $600   Million. The Governor ’s budget includes $570  million in new discretionary General Fund spending in 2025 ‑26. After 2025 ‑26, these proposals would add about $300 million in ongoing spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Specifically, the past two budgets assumed DSS would require at least three months to modify AP agency contracts to reflect new slot funding. Additionally, the past budgets assumed DSS would not begin to award new slot funding to GCC providers until t he last two or three months of each fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Apr 29, 2021 - In addition to the activities allowed under the CARES Act, the CRRSAA explicitly allows ESSER funds to be used for three new activities: (1)  addressing learning loss among disadvantaged students, (2)  repairing and improving school facilities, and (3)  improving indoor air quality in schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - For example, facility expansion support seems reasonable as school districts would likely need to modify existing facilities or construct new facilities suitable for TK. TK and kindergarten facilities have additional requirements compared to other school facilities, such as restrooms that must be self ‑contained in the classroom or separate from those of older students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Assembly Bill  110 provided CDE new authority to issue temporary rate increases to contractors if funding was available within the State Preschool budget appropriation. The intent of this new authority was to allow CDE to fully expend temporary COVID-19 relief funds before they were set to expire at the end of September 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Nov 17, 2023 - The administration intends to resume adding new slots in 2024 ‑25, reaching the overall 200,000  new slots goal by 2026 ‑27. Reduces Proposition  64 Funding Levels. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Given the magnitude of the proposed backfill for CDE, it does appear that D SS would likely have more funding and positions under the Governor ’s proposal than required to address its new workload. Since there is no new workload across both departments, a cost neutral shift would be reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363