The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The Governor’s proposal to delay the slot expansion plan by not adding additional child care slots in 2023‑24 would save $134 million General Fund. The proposed delay in the slot expansion plan seems reasonable given state’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - Other Child Care Actions Pauses Child Care Slot Expansion by One Year. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - These are excess funds that were initially provided for slot and rate increases, and not part of the collective bargaining set-aside. This spring, CDE issued a request for applications from providers to award up to $33  million Proposition  98 funding for additional expansion slots beginning 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

May 13, 2021 - While the number of families eligible for child care and preschool slots greatly exceeds the number of subsidized slots available statewide, there could be other reasons for low demand in services for specific providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In 2021 ‑22, the state funded 110,000 part ‑day slots and 50,000 full ‑day slots for State Preschool. Transitional Kindergarten (TK). Under state law, TK is the first year of a two ‑year kindergarten program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Typically, the total amount of state funding provided to AP agencies is based on the amount they received in the previous year, adjusted for any changes in reimbursement rates or slots specified in the most recent state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget also proposes shifting $31. 7  m illion and 185. 7 p ositions on an ongoing basis from CDE to DSS starting July 1, 2021. As Figure   3 shows, these positions are shifting from six different divisions within CDE, with the bulk of positions shifting from the Early Learning and Care Division and the Nutrition Services Division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  June 2024 budget package committed to a total of $28  billion in budget solutions for 2025 ‑26, which included, $12  billion in spending ‑related solutions and nearly $16  billion in all other solutions, including $5.5  billion in temporary revenue increases and a $7  billion withdrawal from the state ’s rainy day fund, the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Apr 29, 2021 - Lastly, ARP provides $7 .2  billion for the federal government to reimburse certain costs for eligible schools and libraries to connect individuals (including students and school staff) to the internet during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419