The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - We estimate an additional $138  million Proposition  98 will go unused in 2023 ‑24. These are excess funds that were initially provided for slot and rate increases, and not part of the collective bargaining set-aside.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Feb 24, 2016 - To create more transparency in terms of who is being served, we recommend the state link the income eligibility cap with recent SMI data. For the past several years, the state has linked the income cap to 70  percent of the 2007 SMI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

Mar 19, 2018 - Currently, the state links the RMR to the 75 th percentile of the 2016 survey (the most recent survey available). This ensures that all children have access to at least 75  percent of their local child care providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Preschool Facility Funds May Be Available to LEAs That Will Not Be Awarded Slots Down the Line. The Governor ’s preschool facility proposal is disconnected from the process that awards LEAs additional State Preschool slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Currently, the state links the RMR to the 75th percentile of the 2016 survey (the most recent one available). This ensures that all families have access to at least three ‑quarters of their local child care providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

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 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The Governor’s proposal to delay the slot expansion plan by not adding additional child care slots in 2023‑24 would save $134 million General Fund. The proposed delay in the slot expansion plan seems reasonable given state’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Legislature, however, might consider more targeted initiatives linked with specific goals. For example, it could link any one ‑time workforce funding to helping with a transition to a new child care reimbursement rate system and/or higher minimum program standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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 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