The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 5,054 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities Provides additional access to child care services for children under the age of 21 years and with exceptional needs. c  Program is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - Provides Funding for Save the Children. The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for the Save the Children organization to operate after school education and safety programs in rural school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Feb 4, 2021 - Preschool ‑aged children with disabilities can be served alongside other children with special needs or in more inclusive settings alongside children without disabilities, such as the federal Head Start Program or the California State Preschool Program. 2019 ‑20 Budget Package Provided $493   Million One ‑Time Funding for Special Education Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4345

The 2021-22 Budget: School Mental Health

Feb 12, 2021 - As previously mentioned, however, the state does not collect robust data on county ‑level spending on children ’s mental health services. Without knowing the current levels of spending on children ’s services, it is unclear whether the proposed $ 25  m illion Proposition  98 would match new MHSA spending or existing funding already dedicated to children ’s services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4368

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - The previous plan would have required providers have at least 10  percent of children enrolled in the State Preschool program be children with disabilities by 2026-27. The budget package maintains the 5  percent requirement moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Provides Funding for Save the Children. The budget provides $5  million one-time funding for Save the Children to operate after school programs in rural school districts. In 2023 ‑24, Save the Children received $3  million one-time federal funding for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - No Concerns With Funding for Children With Developmental Disabilities. The work group also reviewed the funding for children with developmental disabilities placed in out ‑of ‑home care. In contrast to the foster youth portion of the formula, counts and funding for children with developmental disabilities continue to be updated for each SELPA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, the SPI might work on dual enrollment policies that allow high school students to take community college courses, or on how preschool programs prepare children for kindergarten. For the second role, the narrative suggests the SPI would be “California’s independently elected education champion.”
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Feb 14, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes $690  million in additional LCFF funding to account for the approximately 46,000 additional children estimated will be enrolled in TK in 2023 ‑24. These costs are associated with an additional two months of eligibility specified in the multiyear plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2025-26 Budget: Expanded Learning Opportunities Program

Feb 20, 2025 - Districts also have facility constraints that make it difficult to incr ease the number of children they serve in expanded learning  programs. Governor’s Proposal Increases Number of Districts Eligible for Tier 1 Rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4977