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 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, Most Direct Contract Providers Shifted to RMR. 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 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - These questions include: How Does the Governor ’s Budget Allocate Over $5   Billion in Federal Relief Funds? Based on our analysis of DSS budget documents, we do not know how the administration plans to use $232  million of the over $5  billion in federal relief funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - In 2022 ‑23, the state began requiring that 5  percent of State Preschool enrollment be set aside for children with disabilities. This increased the costs of the program, since providers receive higher funding rates for serving children with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Between 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time General Fund to support TK expansion. These augmentations include: Facility Support. In 2021 ‑22, $490  million in one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund funding was provided to construct or retrofit early education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Jan 13, 2025 - School and Community College Spending Higher by $5   Billion. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals The 2021-22 Budget Child Care Proposals In this post, we analyze the Governor ’s proposal to transition state administration of child care programs from the California Department of Education (CDE) to the Department of Social Services (DSS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In 2021 ‑22, State Enacted Plan to Expand TK to All Four ‑Year Olds. Budget trailer legislation enacted in 2021 ‑22 gradually expands TK eligibility from 2022 ‑23 through 2025 ‑26. At full implementation in 2025 ‑26, a child who has their fourth birthday by September 1 will be eligible for TK, making the grade available to all four ‑year olds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555