January 2021

Child Care and Preschool

2021-22 Changes in Child Care and Preschool Spending

(In Millions)

  General Fund      
Change Prop. 98 Non-Prop. 98 Prop. 64 Federal Total
Preschool          
TK Expansion Incentive Grants $250 — — — $250
TK and full-day Kindergarten facility funds — $200 — — 200
Training for TK Teachers 50 — — — 50
Transitional Kindergarten attendance and rate changes 29 — — — 29
COLA (1.5 percent) for State Preschool 12 $7 — — 19
Subtotals ($341) ($207) ($0) ($0) ($548)
Child Care          
COVID-19 related support to providers and families — $55 — — $55
Alternative Payment slots — — $44 — 44
Child care transition — 1 — $26 27
COLA (1.5 percent) for certain child care programs — 19 — — 19
CalWORKs caseload and cost of care adjustments — -6 — -49 -54
One-time quality funds — — — 23 23
Prior year one-time funding — — — -388 -388
Technical adjustments -$4 42 — -39 -2
Subtotals (-$4) ($111) ($44) (-$427) (-$276)
Totals $336 $319 $44 -$427 $272
           
 
TK = Transitional Kindergarten. LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula. COLA = cost-of-living adjustment. COVID-19 = Coronavirus Disease 2019.