The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - While Maintaining Some Form of Reimbursement Flexibility for Voucher ‑Based Program Has Merit … The reimbursement flexibility enacted during COVID allowed voucher ‑based providers to receive more predictable child care payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - At full implementation in 2025 ‑26, a child who has their fourth birthday by September 1 will be eligible for TK, making the grade available to all four ‑year olds. Schools Must Provide Services for Students With Disabilities Beginning at Age Three.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Note: Some school districts may allow younger students who do not meet the criteria above to enroll in transitional kindergarten. These students do not generate state funding until their fifth birthday and must turn five before the end of the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

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

May 13, 2021 - The state determines many programmatic aspects, such as who is eligible for the programs and how much providers receive for reimbursement. For example, state law specifies that, to be eligible for subsidized child care, children must be under the age of 13 and from a family with an income at or below 85  percent of the state median income ($73,885 for a family of three).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431