The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - This would ensure that funding levels for direct contractors are more closely aligned with the number of children they serve. If a contractor ’s attendance remains below pre ‑pandemic levels, they likely would see reductions in the amount of funding they receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This  would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities but would preclude this amount of Proposition  4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects. Spending and Tax Expenditure Proposals New Spending Proposals of Nearly $600   Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - The Governor has issued a number of executive orders, and CDE has published information and resources intended to provide guidance to schools in the event of closures. The Legislature enacted Chapter  3 of 2020 (SB  117, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) consistent with the Governor ’s executive order.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - These CDE rules include requirements that furniture and toys be clean and well ‑maintained and classrooms be set up with multiple stations to support different types of learning (for example, classrooms could have a science area and an art area).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Figure 3 Comparing the Governor ’s Budget and LAO Recommendation Proposition 98 (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - If the state does decide to revisit the level of support and oversight, staff levels should align with these oversight and support expectations. Maintaining Legislative Oversight. In order for the Legislature to maintain its oversight role, we recommend modifying the proposed provisional language allowing the administration to shift expenditure authority between CDE and DSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - Of this amount, $2.2  billion is for preschool and Transitional Kindergarten programs, $3  billion is for other child development programs, and $304  million is for support programs. As Figure 1 shows, the 2020-21 Budget Act reduces these programs by a total of $102  million (2  percent) from the revised 2019-20 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Keeping the TK Staffing Ratio at Current Levels Helps Avoid Further Workforce Issues. In  addition to helping address existing budget issues, the Governor ’s proposal to keep TK staffing ratios at existing levels also helps ensure that schools do not experience even greater staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - Cost Estimates Current-Year CalWORKs Child Care Costs Are Down From Budgeted Levels. We estimate that CalWORKs child care costs for 2019 ‑20 will be $25  million lower than estimated in the June 2019 budget plan (Figure  3).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure  3 shows these adjustments in more detail. Figure 3 Changes in Preschool Adjustment Factors Previous Adjustment Receiving mental health consultation services 1.05 1.10 Requires State Preschool Providers Serve Children With Disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643