The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We are working with DSS to identify the exact number of contracts still pending and how long it will take to finalize these contracts. DSS Has Not Yet Awarded Funding for Remaining 41,200 New Slots. DSS plans to award $800  million as a part of the 2022 ‑23 RFA process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget provides $88.6  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund to continue to pay voucher-based providers based on a child ’s maximum certified hours of care rather than on attendance. This policy was enacted during the pandemic, subsequently extended, and set to expire on June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties

May 13, 2021 - The temporary authority of these counties expires July 1, 2021 for Alameda County, July 1, 2022 for Santa Clara County, and July 1, 2023 for the nine remaining counties. The temporary pilot counties are required to submit a report to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

Nov 17, 2023 - 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. As of April 2023, about 30  percent of the recently added slots have been filled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In 2019 ‑20 (the most recent year data is available), 27  percent of three ‑ to five ‑year olds with disabilities in California attended a regular early childhood program at least ten hours a week, compared with 56  percent of three ‑ to five ‑year olds nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Program Duration Must operate at least 180 days per year, at least three hours per day but determined by district. Must operate at least 246 days per year, 6.5 hours per day for full ‑day program; at least 175 days per year, 3 hours per day for part ‑day program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

Feb 14, 2023 - The majority of districts (67  percent) report they are offering full ‑day TK (exceeds four hours) and 61  percent report that TK is offered at all elementary school sites. (The reports for charter schools were  similar.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Prior to the pandemic, the specific amount that a contractor would be reimbursed was based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount; (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs; or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment, multiplied by the attendance rate of its children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - In total, the Governor ’s budget assumes that state operations costs are reduced by $2.1  billion ($1  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2.6  billion ($1.4  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/3