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

Nov 14, 2025 - Funds Transition to Paying Providers Prospectively. The budget provides $30  million one-time non-Proposition  98 General Fund to transition state and local systems to begin paying providers prospectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details]

Nov 14, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Prior to 2021 ‑22, when the SRR was the only reimbursement structure for direct contract providers, providing a COLA was a reasonable way to adjust rates to ensure the state was adequately covering provider costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25. This provides one‑time General Fund savings in that year, but also creates a “settle‑up” obligation, which will need to be paid in a future year if revenues for 2024‑25 were to remain unchanged.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - The first payment provided an additional $1,442 per child to providers on a one-time basis. The second payment brought 2023 ‑24 provider rates to the 87 th percentile of the RMR. (Prior to CDE action, rates for the 2023 ‑24 fiscal year were set at the 75 th percentile of the RMR.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Feb 14, 2023 - However, given past augmentations for early education facilities were oversubscribed, any funding provided would likely be used. The Legislature can provide some amount of funds for facilitie s this year or reevaluate whether to provide additional funding next year, based on the state ’s budget condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682