The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - However, under the state ’s current approach —where direct contractors get the higher of SRR or RMR rates —the only providers that receive an annual COLA are those with rates that are higher than the 75th percentile of what private child care providers in their county charge based on the 2018 market survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Of the 76 AP agencies, 51 are nonprofit community–based organizations, 14 are county of fices of education, 9 are county welfare departments, 1 i s a school district, and 1 i s a city government. AP Agencies Have a Variety of Administrative Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Starting the slots midyear gives CDE time to review and approve applications, while giving providers time to find facilities, get their facilities licensed, hire additional staff, and enroll children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - To the extent that a backfill is not provided in future years where Proposition  64 revenues are low, this would result in a reduction to child care slots. The Legislature will want to ask the administration how it intends to ensure that Proposition  64 funding levels remain flat in child care in cases where Proposition  64 revenues decrease after 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Two key areas where these savings have eroded are in the managed care organization (MCO) tax package and reductions to state operations. These are described in the box below. The forthcoming Appendix 1 will also provide a full list of the solutions from the 2024 ‑25 budget package that generate savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - This would eliminate funds intended for expansion and prior rate increases where costs have come in lower. For 2024 ‑25, we recommend increasing Proposition  98 funding for State Preschool by $78  million one-time compared to the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Mar 16, 2017 - In 2016 ‑17, CDE allocated $2  million in quality improvement funds (that counted towards the federal requirement) to help local assessors get trained and certified. Consortia also use other QRIS grant funds for rating and certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - Under current law, State Preschool providers must first serve all eligible four-year olds, with children from the lowest-income families getting priority. If space remains available at a particular preschool site, then providers may serve three-year olds —also prioritizing the lowest-income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget provides $ 31  m illion from the General Fund in 2019 ‑ 20 —to be expended over a few years —to backfill wildfire ‑related property tax loses for cities, counties, and special districts associated with certain major wildfires that have occurred since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - In years where the birth-through-four population declines, the statutory adjustment to these child care and preschool programs will be zero (holding the number of slots available flat). Previously, a negative adjustment was applied in these circumstances, resulting in slot reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289