The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Oversight of programs allows the state to determine whether existing programs are well‑designed to address their key goals, as well as help inform legislative actions that might be needed to help balance the state budget over the next few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - This approach would increase the number of voucher ‑based slots and would help GCC providers funded on the SRR to address inflationary pressure. One drawback to this approach is that GCC providers on the RMR would not receive any additional funding to help address inflationary pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

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

Feb 14, 2023 - Keeping the TK Staffing Ratio at Current Levels Helps Avoid Further Workforce Issues. In  addition to helping address existing budget issues, the Governor ’s proposal to keep TK staffing ratios at existing levels also helps ensure that schools do not experience even greater staffing shortages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Although school districts expanding TK likely would incur some one ‑time costs (such as making facilities suitable for TK instruction), most of the costs associated with TK (such as paying for additional teachers) are ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - Child Care and Preschool In this section, we describe recent funding and programmatic actions intended to provide fiscal relief and help child care providers serve families during the COVID-19 outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - The policy allows three‑year olds enrolled in State Preschool to continue participating in the program until they are eligible for kindergarten, helping to ensure the child is prepared for kindergarten.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - This includes $263  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund intended to help child care providers construct or renovate facilities and $195  million ($150  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund and $45  million federal funds) to improve and expand child care and preschool workforce training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Our recent report, Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures , is intended to help the Legislature as it begins thinking through these issues. Homelessness Governor Proposes $750   Million to Reduce Homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package provided $ 100  m illion in one ‑time non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund to help districts cover the facility costs associated with converting part ‑day kindergarten programs into full ‑day programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

May 13, 2021 - This helps to ensure the kindergarten readi ness benefits a child receives from preschool as a three-year old do not diminish prior to kindergarten enrollment. Moreover, the change would reduce some administrative burden without adding cost pressure to the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431