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

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - More broadly, the Legislature might also want to consider changes to how AP agencies are funded. In a previous analysis of AP agency funding, we make several recommendations that would better align funding for AP agencies with the costs to administer voucher ‑based programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Additionally, based on our conversations with the administration, there may be as much as $185  million in carryover Proposition  64 funds that were allocated to child care in prior years. The Legislature could ask the administration for greater information on how it plans to spend Proposition  64 funds moving forward, and for greater detail on the total amount of carryover funds and use of these carryover funds in the budget year and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - While the fiscal impact of this reauthorization would be small in the budget window —an estimated $300  million in 2023 ‑ 24 —the effect would be much larger in future years, rising to roughly $2  billion in General Fund savings as early as 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Specifically, we recommend the Legislature set enrollment expectations for each segment, decide how much to provide for graduation and other core student support initiatives, and determine how much to provide for compensation increases and other operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - This allows providers to receive their full contract amount regardless of how many children are enrolled in the program. Prior to the pandemic, reimbursement for direct contract programs was based on the lesser of reimbursable program costs, the contract amount, and the reimbursement rate multiplied by attendance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - A much greater incentive to achieve universal preschool for four ‑year olds would be to allow school districts to generate a full year of attendance ‑based funding for children born after December 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - If the administration has specific concerns with how CDE is administering the program, more cost effective solutions likely exist to address these concerns. Legislature Has Several Options on How to Proceed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

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

Apr 29, 2021 - States have considerable discretion in deciding how to allocate funding. Similar to the requirements for ESSER funds, the state has one year to commit the funds and until September 30, 2022 to expend them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - What is the underlying problem the new governance structure will address, and how does the new governance structure specifically address that problem? How does the reorganization result in better services for children and families?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167