The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - If the AP agency does not have sufficient funding to serve all eligible families, it may place families on a waiting list. For CalWORKs child care, the administration has authority to increase funding midyear if the amou nt of funding is not sufficient to cover all eligible families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - All Other Spending Lower by $600 Million. Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - If all $33  million is awarded to providers, then only $105  million of the $138  million would be unused in 2024 ‑25 on an ongoing basis. If not all $33  million is awarded to providers, additional funding would go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Provide an Across ‑the ‑Board Rate Increase to All Child Care Providers. The Legislature could use all COLA ‑related funds to provide a rate increase to all child care providers, regardless of program and reimbursement rate type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Governor ’s Master Plan Includes Goal to Provide Universal Preschool to All Four ‑Year Olds. In December 2020, the Governor released a master plan for early learning and care. One of the goals within the master plan is to provide all of California ’s income ‑eligible three ‑year ‑olds and all four ‑year olds with access to preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - As the state expands TK to serve all four ‑year olds, all districts will have greater ability to offer an inclusive program on their elementary school campuses, likely resulting in greater access to inclusive settings for four ‑year olds with  disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Oct 27, 2022 - The budget provides $18.3  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund to award grants to a lead agency in each county to plan for preschool for all three- and four-year olds. The budget also includes language specifying intent to provide $18.3  million in 2023-24 and 2024-25, totaling $54.9  million for planning grants over the three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Nearly all of these solutions would apply to one ‑time and temporary spending. Figure  3 shows how the spending solutions are broken out across program area and type. Appendix  1 provides a list of these proposed solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

May 13, 2021 - Figure 2 Current Pilot Flexibilities Compared to State Law 2020 ‑21 Policy for Select Pilot Counties Eligibility Once determined eligible, all families remain eligible for 12 months. Once determined eligible for part ‑day CSPP, all families remain eligible for the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431