The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - These questions include: How Does the Governor ’s Budget Allocate Over $5   Billion in Federal Relief Funds? Based on our analysis of DSS budget documents, we do not know how the administration plans to use $232  million of the over $5  billion in federal relief funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 13, 2023 - In contrast, we do not view these items as baseline spending because they were not approved in any budget ‑related legislation. Consequently, we do not consider withdrawing the inflation set ‑aside or shifting back to lease revenue bonds from cash to be budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

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

Nov 14, 2025 - The refill is only available in years when child care reimbursement rates do not increase or when both rates and the number of enrolled providers increase. Up to $15  million annually for the CCPU Training Partnership Fund, which supports the training of CCPU members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Because non ‑LEA providers do not have these same advantages, we think it is likely that they will find serving a larger share of students with disabilities more challenging. This is particularly true of those that do not already operate Head Start.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Note: Some school districts may allow younger students who do not meet the criteria above to enroll in transitional kindergarten. These students do not generate state funding until their fifth birthday and must turn five before the end of the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

May 13, 2021 - The state determines many programmatic aspects, such as who is eligible for the programs and how much providers receive for reimbursement. For example, state law specifies that, to be eligible for subsidized child care, children must be under the age of 13 and from a family with an income at or below 85  percent of the state median income ($73,885 for a family of three).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - This allows providers to receive their full contract amount regardless of how many children are enrolled in the program. Prior to the pandemic, reimbursement for direct contract programs was based on the lesser of reimbursable program costs, the contract amount, and the reimbursement rate multiplied by attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - If the administration has specific concerns with how CDE is administering the program, more cost effective solutions likely exist to address these concerns. Legislature Has Several Options on How to Proceed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363