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

Feb 14, 2023 - State law also specifies that ratios would be reduced to one adult for every ten students starting in 2023 ‑24, contingent on additional funding being  provided. Additional Requirements for TK Teachers Scheduled to Take Effect Next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Require Facilities Be Used for State Preschool for Ten Years. We recommend the Legislature require grant recipients to use the grant ‑funded facility for State Preschool or Headstart for at least ten years after the facility is operational.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Recent budgets have allocated or planned tens of billions of dollars for one ‑time or temporary spending purposes in 2021 ‑22, 2022 ‑23, and 2023 ‑24. The Legislature can select an entirely different set of spending solutions to address the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - The new guidance specifies that no more than ten children are to be served in one center-based classroom. For family child care home s, no more than four infant children, or no more than six children (at most two infants and four other aged children), can be served in one home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231