The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - In addition, the proposed budget bill combines funding for all programs shifting to DSS into one schedule. Previously, funding for each child care program was listed separately in its own schedule, while the CACFP was combined with other child nutrition programs administered by CDE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - COLA for AP Agencies Would Result in Additional Slots, Running at Odds With Proposal to Delay Scheduled Slot Increases. The Governor ’s proposal to increase the AP program based on COLA and effectively provide additional AP slots is consistent with the state ’s longstanding budgeting practice for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Additional Requirements for TK Teachers Scheduled to Take Effect Next year. In addition to an elementary teaching credential, TK teachers will be required —starting August 2023 —to have either 24 units in early childhood education and/or child development, a child development permit, an early childhood education specialist credential, or comparable experience in a classroom setting with preschool ‑aged children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

May 13, 2021 - For example, the state could implement a different family fee schedule in pilot counties a year prior to making the new family fee schedule statewide policy. This approach could help estimate statewide costs of certain policies and give DSS and CDE a sense of what statewide guidance providers may n eed for a more seamless implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - The exact duration and program vary based on the provider and parent work schedules. Through the General Child Care program, the state also directly contracts with providers to serve children ages three and four, as well as other ages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555