The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Our review focuses on aspects of child care and State Preschool funding that are not within the scope of collective bargaining because the Legislature has more flexibility to make changes in these areas.
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

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Some school districts report planning to make facility updates, such as paving an area. However, 41  percent of school districts and charter schools report they do not intend to make updates to facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Once enrolled, providers may need to make modifications to their existing curriculum and activities to ensure they are suitable for children with disabilities. Making  these changes could require hiring additional staff, increasing training, or contracting with special education experts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

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

May 13, 2021 - Flexibilities Make It More Difficult for State to Respond to Statewide Need. Pilot flexibilities make it easier for providers in these counties to fully earn their contracts. When this occurs, a provider typically has the option to renew its contract at the same level in the following year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

Jan 13, 2020 - (The Governor ’s budget makes a couple of newly proposed augmentations subject to the same suspension language —together representing $ 71  m illion in costs in 2020 ‑ 21 —but makes no other changes to the programs subject to the suspensions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Oct 27, 2022 - Makes Changes to Eligibility Criteria and Enrollment Priorities. Budget trailer legislation increases the income eligibility threshold for State Preschool from 75  percent of the state median income to 100  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - The maximum benefit displayed in the figure applies to families making less than $15,000 per year. Consistent with the intent of the Legislature in requesting this report, all four of the options make the credit refundable again.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - The budget plan makes $161  million in ongoing reductions to State Preschool ($130  million Proposition  98 General Fund and $31  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund). Most of these funds are previous augmentations that were never awarded to State Preschool providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289