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

Jan 13, 2025 - First, some proposals provide short ‑term budget savings that create more budget capacity. These total $2.2  billion. Second, the Governor ’s budget includes new discretionary proposals that use budget capacity by increasing spending or reducing revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - As mentioned above, the Governor ’s budget creates a placeholder ensuring sufficient funding to comply with the statutory requirement that 2025 ‑26 rates be no less than the rates as of June 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Creates Additional Requirements for TK Staff. The Governor ’s budget proposes additional requirements for adults assigned to TK classrooms. In practice, these would be additional requirements for instructional aides.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Serving two ‑year olds in State Preschool, however, would create some administrative challenges. Providers would be required to increase staffing, as the child ‑to ‑staff ratios for two ‑year olds are half the ratio for preschoolers (4 ‑to ‑1 and 8 ‑to ‑1, respectively).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

Oct 27, 2022 - The California Department of Education (CDE) is required to (1)  provide technical assistance to providers in meeting the targets, and (2)  create a waiver process for providers not able to meet the targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The expiration of the family fee waiver likely will create barriers to care for low ‑income families who are not able to afford family fees. (Families that began receiving subsidized child care during the pandemic may not be aware that the state has typically assessed fees.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - In his proposed 2020 ‑ 21 b udget last January, the Governor proposed providing $10. 4  m illion to create a new Department of Early Childhood Development and having child care programs administered under this department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

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

May 13, 2021 - To avoid creating further inequities in the state ’s system, the Legislature could consider codifying existing flexibilities for temporary pilot counties, but not allow counties to modify or add to these flexibilities in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - The first step of the plan is to implement common standards for State Preschool and TK to create a unified preschool program. The second step is to expand TK for all four ‑year olds, first prioritizing four ‑year olds in high ‑poverty areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Signed into law on March  27, 2020, the CARES Act provided $30.8  billion for a newly created Education Stabilization Fund. This fund is for higher education institutions, elementary and secondary schools, and states to cover costs related to the COVID-19 response in education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419