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

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

May 13, 2021 - Figure  4 shows the 2020 ‑21 rates of the seven pilot counties using this flexibility. The PRRs range from 2  percent to 7  percent higher than a provider operating the same services and receiving the SRR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Since 2020 ‑21, the state has allowed State Preschool providers to receive the lesser of reimbursable program costs or the contract amount, but did not take attendance into consideration. This allows providers to receive their full contract amount regardless of how many children are enrolled in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Feb 14, 2023 - These additional requirements were initially set to start August of 2020, but have been delayed several times. State Provided One ‑Time Funding to Support TK Expansion. Between 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time General Fund to support TK expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - As part of the 2023 collectively bargained early education and parity agreement, the state did not apply the COLAs for 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25. Instead, the amount that would have been required to fund the 2023 ‑24 COLA over the next two years was used to fund the agreement.
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 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - In December 2020, the Governor released a master plan for early learning and care. One of the goals within the master plan is to provide all of California ’s income ‑eligible three ‑year ‑olds and all four ‑year olds with access to preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Nov 17, 2023 - As a result of recent declines in Proposition 64 revenue levels, the spending plan reduces Proposition 64 funding levels for the GCC program by $46 million in 2023‑24. We understand that the administration intends to backfill the $46 million GCC reduction in 2023‑24 with Proposition 64 carryover funds from prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - High Risk of 2023‑24 Proposition 64 Revenues Coming in Lower Than Governor’s Budget Assumption. As previously mentioned, the Governor’s budget assumes that SCO transfers $95.7 million from the General Fund to Proposition 64 programs in 2023‑24 and maintains Proposition 64 funding levels for child care flat in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672