The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - More broadly, the Legislature might also want to consider changes to how AP agencies are funded. In a previous analysis of AP agency funding, we make several recommendations that would better align funding for AP agencies with the costs to administer voucher ‑based programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Rather than making provider payments once a month using this type of set schedule, some AP agencies effectively p rocess payments continually throughout the month, making payment five days after receiving a monthly attendance record.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Of this amount, $ 250  m illion could support various local government activities, like conducting planning and making zoning changes. As local governments reach these new goals, an additional $ 500  m illion would be available to cities and counties for general purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget proposes making nearly one ‑third of all spending ‑related solutions subject to trigger restoration language. Under this proposed language, program spending that otherwise would have occurred in 2023 ‑24 would not be allocated as part of the June budget act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Ultimately, the Legislature will make its own determination about how to allocate funds available in the upcoming budget process. One of the goals of this report is to estimate for the Legislature how much capacity the budget has to make those allocations under the Governor ’s estimates of revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - These steps can entail working with the city regarding the zoning requirements of the property, making renovations and repairs, and ensuring the facility is reviewed and approved by Community Care Licensing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - This allows providers to receive their full contract amount regardless of how many children are enrolled in the program. Prior to the pandemic, reimbursement for direct contract programs was based on the lesser of reimbursable program costs, the contract amount, and the reimbursement rate multiplied by attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - If the administration needs to make any budget revisions, we recommend it notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee prior to making any adjustments. We further recommend amending the proposed budget bill so that funds are appropriated to child care in a similar structure as the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Given the complexities of such a change, the Legislature may want to wait a few years and see how the expansion of TK affects State Preschool enrollment before deciding to adjust eligibility in this way.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555