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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure 1 Child Care and Preschool Budget (Dollars in Millions) Bridge program for foster children 58 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 Non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund 1,945 1337 57.0 a Reflects administration ’s revised estimates for CalWORKs Child Care and budget appropriation for all other programs. b Does not include $9.6 million provided to community colleges for
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The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Funds will be distributed to county offices of education, school districts or charter schools based on a competitive process developed by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, subject to the approval of the e xecutive director of the State Board of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

May 13, 2021 - Funds for Direct Contract Providers Initially Awarded Competitively, Then Annually Renewed. Expansion funds for direct contracts are awarded to eligible and qualified providers through a competitive application process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - The  2018 ‑19 budget provided $167  million Proposition  98 General Fund for one ‑time competitive grants to LEA providers for the purpose of increasing access to inclusive early education programs. Grants could be used for a variety of one ‑time expenses, including training, facility renovations, and equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Feb 14, 2023 - In 2021 ‑22, $100  million Proposition  98 General Fund was provided as a competitive grant for LEAs to increase the number of highly qualified State Preschool and  TK teachers. School District Reports Give Snapshot of TK Expansion Plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Jan 13, 2023 - We also describe the condition of the school and community college budget. General Fund Budget Figure  4 shows the General Fund condition based on the Governor ’s proposals and using the administration ’s estimates and assumptions.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - (AP agencies do not receive a similar COLA for CalWORKs child car e.) As part of the 2023 collectively bargained early education and parity agreement, the state did not apply the COLAs for 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Apr 29, 2021 - The flexible statewide ESSER funding was used to provide $112  million for higher reimbursement rates for some school meals, $45  million for a competitive grant to support implementation of the community schools model, $6  million for teacher professional development to address student learning loss, and $2  million for the California Department of Education (CDE) to administer the funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The COVID ‑ 19 e mergency, has placed increased fiscal pressure on child care providers. The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment conducted a survey of 953 California child care providers at the end of June 2020.
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