The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - This would free up $37.9  million ($19.3  million Proposition  98 General Fund and $18.6  million non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 that could be directed to other legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - The program is targeted to families living below the poverty line. Grantees contract directly with the federal government, with specific funding plans and services varying by grantee. The Head Start program requires that 10  percent of children enrolled be children with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - As such, the state must provide additional Proposition  98 funding for State Preschool in 2024 ‑25 consistent with the collective bargaining and parity agreement. The Governor ’s budget includes a $49  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund increase to cover these costs, but does not include the associated $64  million Proposition  98 funding increase for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Oct 27, 2022 - Proposition  98 covers the bulk of the increase, followed by non-Proposition  98 General Fund and federal funds. The increase is offset by a net decline of $297  million in one-time funds from 2021-22 for support programs for preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

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

Jan 13, 2025 - On a net basis, these items slightly improve the budget’s bottom line. Neither our November estimates nor the administration ’s estimates included any costs associated with the devastating wildfires in Southern California, as both were developed before those wildfires began.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Delaying the facilities funding provides non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund savings in 2023 ‑24 to address a projected budget problem. In addition, as we discuss in a recent brief , the Governor’s Proposition 98 proposals would create a deficit in 2024‑25, as the state is using about $1.4 billion in one‑time Proposition 98 funding to cover 2023‑24 LCFF costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - These proposals include: $ 250  m illion one ‑time Proposition  98 General Fund for per ‑pupil grants to school districts that will serve additional TK students who have their fifth birthday after December  2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Based on our conversations with both CDE and DSS, planning for the shift of programs within the time line specified in statute has been a large administrative workload on existing staff at both departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363