The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - To be eligible for a preschool facility grant under the Governor ’s proposal, LEAs must either ( 1)  b e an existing preschool provider or ( 2)  h ave their governing board pass a resolution stating their intent to apply for State Preschool slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Support Non ‑LEAs Slots From One Fund Source. This change allows more flexibility for non ‑LEA providers to use slots in a way that best meet families ’ needs. This change also simplifies contracting for the state and providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Based on our conversations with child care providers, filling new slots also has been challenging becaus e providers are still building up program capacity to pre ‑pandemic levels and dealing with workforce shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - Decreases Amount Provided for Slots. The budget includes a $47  million reduction for child care and preschool slots. Figure 2 shows a decrease in State Preschool slots offset by a net increase of both ongoing and temporary slots for the Alternative Payment (AP) Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - In this post, we first provide background on the reimbursement rat e used for certain child care providers. We then describe and assess the Governor ’s related hold harmless provision and end by making associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Other Child Care Actions Pauses Child Care Slot Expansion by One Year. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - The Governor ’s proposal to convert contracted slots to vouchers would give some families greater choice than they now have in selecting the child care providers that best meet their needs. Moreover, in an all –voucher system, every family would have the same level of choice in selecting providers that meets their needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

May 6, 2019 - Because full-day slots cost more than part-day slots, fewer children overall would be served absent additional funding to cover the higher cost of full-day slots. If half of the part-day slots converted into full-day slots, the Legislature would need to add $360  million to serve the same number of children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - (AP agencies do not receive a similar COLA for CalWORKs child car e.) 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - These are excess funds that were initially provided for slot and rate increases, and not part of the collective bargaining set-aside. This spring, CDE issued a request for applications from providers to award up to $33  million Proposition  98 funding for additional expansion slots beginning 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894