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

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget authorizes the Department of Finance (DOF) to provide additional funding to restore the balance in three funds administered by CCPU: Up to $100  million annually for the CCPU Workers Health Care Fund, which funds health insurance for CCPU members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This improves the budget ’s bottom line. 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

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

Apr 29, 2021 - Secretary of Education may waive this requirement, however, for states that experience a “precipitous decline in financial resources. ” State Appropriated Flexible CARES Act Funds in 2020 ‑21 Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Providing access to inclusive settings can help children with disabilities improve in their development and school readiness, as well as provide opportunities for meaningful social interaction with their peers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - For example, grants will be prioritized for school districts that meet financial hardship criteria or have a high population of students eligible for free or reduced ‑price meals. $ 50  m illion one ‑time Proposition   98 t o provide professional development to increase the number of teachers able to serve TK students and improve the quality of existing TK and kindergarten teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

Feb 14, 2023 - In 2021 ‑22, $200  million Proposition  98 General Fund was provided to all local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education —that operate kindergarten programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

Oct 27, 2022 - QRIS = Quality Rating Improvement System. State Preschool Budget Includes $1.7  Billion Increase for Preschool. As Figure  2 shows, the 2022-23 budget package adds $2  billion ongoing for State Preschool and TK programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Most AP agencies are community ‑based organizations, but in some regions the AP agency is a local governmental agency, such as a county office of education, county welfare department, or school district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - The difference from the Governor ’s budget primarily accounts for a $64  million augmentation consistent with the two-year collectively bargained early education and parity agreement and likely enrollment growth in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Trailer legislation requires the Department of Social Services (DSS), in collaboration with the California Department of Education (CDE), to develop and conduct an alternative methodology for a single rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817