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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - The Governor ’s proposal differs from recent legislative action by expanding access through TK instead of State Preschool. How the Legislature may want to go about preschool expansion depends on its own specific goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We have heard from stakeholders that the general unpredictability of how many hours of care a family would ultimately use in any given month may dete r some child care providers from enrolling families that receive vouchers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - With this approach, providers had to serve a specified number of children to fully earn the contract. If a provider did not earn a contract, funds would be returned to the state. The 2023 ‑24 budget temporarily extended the pandemic-related reimbursement flexibility until June 30, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Under this approach, providers had to have a specified amount of attendance to fully earn their contract. Any unearned funds would be returned to the state and could be redistributed to other providers that had capacity to serve more children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The Legislature could further minimize the scope of the transition by also shifting certain child care programs to DSS, such as California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Child Care Stages 2 and 3.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Oct 27, 2022 - The Superintendent is to provide a report with recommendations from the work group by January 15, 2023. Provides State Operations Increases. The budget includes $8  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund for administrative work associated with State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643