July 2023
Child Care and Preschool
2023-24 Changes in Preschool Spending
In Millions
| General Fund | ||||
| Change | Prop. 98 | Non-Prop. 98 | Federal | Total |
| Transitional Kindergarten attendance and rate changes | $879 | — | — | $879 |
| Rate Set-Asidea | 207 | $126 | — | 333 |
| Inclusive Early Education Expansion Programb | 163 | — | — | 163 |
| Family Fee Schedule Changec | 12 | 11 | — | 22 |
| Classroom Assessment Scoring System support | 1 | —d | — | 1 |
| Backfill federal funds | — | 157 | -$157 | — |
| Update cost of prior rate increase | — | -54 | — | -54 |
| Redirect existing State Preschool savings | -257 | -54 | — | -310 |
| Remove one-time funding | -561 | -114 | — | -675 |
| Totals | $443 | $72 | -$157 | $358 |
| a Funds are available over 2023-24 and 2024-25. At the discretion of DOF, Non-Prop. 98 can also be used for child care. The budget package also authorizes $343 million in 2022-23 funding and $632 million in 2024-25 funding for this purpose. | ||||
| b Budget also redirects $163 million in prior funding for this program to other activities, resulting in no net increase in funding for the program. | ||||
| c Effective October 1, 2023 | ||||
| d Less than $500,000. | ||||