The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool Assessment Governor ’s Child Care Budget Complies With Funding Requirement Adopted in 2024 ‑25 Budget. 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 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - As of April 2023, about 30  percent of the recently added slots have been filled. The spending plan delays the planned child care slot increases by one year, resulting in $134  million General Fund savings in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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

Apr 29, 2021 - Specifically, states must spend at least 5  percent of their total ESSER allocation on learning recovery, 1  percent on summer school, and 1  percent on comprehensive after school programs. State-level activities are expected to consider student social-emotional needs and the student groups most impacted by COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Preliminary enrollment data for 2023 ‑24 indicate growth of less than one-half of 1  percent in 2023 ‑24 compared to 2022 ‑23. Given these trends, State Preschool enrollment is likely to increase in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

May 13, 2021 - From 2015 through 2017, the state authorized 11 “temporary pilot ” counties, which received similar authority to San Mateo and San Francisco Counties. The temporary authority of these counties expires July 1, 2021 for Alameda County, July 1, 2022 for Santa Clara County, and July 1, 2023 for the nine remaining counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - The budget provides $11  million in federal funds to waive family fees for July and August 2020. Trailer legislation also waives family fees at any point during the fiscal year for families not receiving in-person care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

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

Jan 13, 2020 - In addition, under the rules of Proposition  2 (2014), the Governor ’s budget includes $ 2  b illion General Fund in constitutionally required debt payments. The Governor allocates this amount among three uses: ( 1)  c ontinuing to implement the state ’s plan to prefund retiree health benefits, ( 2)  r epaying a 2017 ‑ 18 l oan
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

May 14, 2020 - On April 30, ED released rankings based on state shares of (1)  population without broadband access, (2)  low-income students, (3)  confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita, and (4)  students attending rural schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Funding would be available through June 30, 2027. Provides $62   Million One Time for Early Identification and Training. The Governor ’s budget provides $2  million non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for CDE to develop a process and tools for identifying children at risk for developmental delays or learning disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555