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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - (County welfare departments are responsible for administering CalWORKs Stage 1, although most counties contract with an AP agency to administer the program.) Most AP agencies are community ‑based organizations, but in some regions the AP agency is a local governmental agency, such as a county office of education, county welfare department, or school district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

May 13, 2021 - Providers receive a pilot reimbursement rate calculated based on unearned contract funds. Administration Providers can submit requests to transfer funds between under ‑earning and over ‑earning providers within the county in November and May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We calculate that under the Governor ’s budget, General Fund costs associated with rate and slot increases remain flat between 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24. This suggests that the administration is using another fund source to backfill federal relief funds set to expire in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Oct 27, 2022 - The Superintendent of Public Instruction is to develop a methodology to determine grant awards to each county based on the number of three- and four-year olds in the county. Funds can be used for a variety of purposes including assessing parental preferences for preschool and engaging in community-level coordination to implemen t preschool options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts and county offices of education (COEs) —are funded with Proposition  98 General Fund, while community ‑based organizations (non ‑LEAs) are funded with non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Funds will be distributed to county offices of education, school districts or charter schools based on a competitive process developed by the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, subject to the approval of the e xecutive director of the State Board of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Shifts $3.1 Billion in Local Assistance to DSS 2021 ‑22 (In Millions) CalWORKs Child Care Stage 3 $397 Child and Adult Care Food Program — CalWORKs Child Care Stage 2 387 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 Note: Proposition 64 refers to revenue generated from taxes on cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363