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

Nov 14, 2025 - The savings associated with this suspension ($67  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund and $19  million Proposition  98 General Fund) is redirected to cover the increases to monthly cost of care plus payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care COVID-19 Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care Since March  2020, the federal government has passed three relief packages that assist K-12 schools and child care providers in their response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - The intent of this new authority was to allow CDE to fully expend temporary COVID-19 relief funds before they were set to expire at the end of September 2023. CDE issued two types of temporary payments under this new authorit y.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals Total $755 a Reflects costs to pay voucher ‑based program providers based on the maximum certified hours of care for the child and costs for the COVID ‑19 non ‑operational days policy. b Reflects net amount of COVID ‑19 federal relief funds that will not be backfilled with General Fund in 2023 ‑24 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - In 2018 ‑19, 91,000 students in California were enrolled in TK. Districts Have Option to Serve Younger Children in TK. School districts also have the option to provide TK to students who are born after December 2, but have their fifth birthday during the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - State Funded Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program (IEEEP) in 2018 ‑19. The  2018 ‑19 budget provided $167  million Proposition  98 General Fund for one ‑time competitive grants to LEA providers for the purpose of increasing access to inclusive early education programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The COVID ‑ 19 e mergency, has placed increased fiscal pressure on child care providers. The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment conducted a survey of 953 California child care providers at the end of June 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363