Child care should be much more expensive
Governments, businesses and families all benefit from a robust child-care system. Why isn't everyone paying for it?
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CQEL's curated collection of California and national ECE news
Bill would give TK teachers 2 more years to take early childhood education classes
California teachers could get a last-minute reprieve from a law that requires them to take additional courses to teach transitional kindergarten.
New 2023 Employment Laws
Nonprofit and small business employers should be aware of a number of new California employment laws. Please read below for important updates affecting California employers.
Child Care Proposals
This brief provides an overview and initial analysis of the Governor’s key child care budget proposals for 2023‑24, estimates of child care program costs, and the effects of allowing some temporary policies to expire.
The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals
This brief provides an overview and analysis of the Governor’s proposals for transitional kindergarten (TK) and State Preschool. Delaying Facilities Funding and Maintaining Current TK Staffing Ratios Seems Reasonable Given State Budget Problem.
The pandemic fueled a public school exodus, study says
An estimated 152,000 California children went missing from public school classrooms amid the pandemic, according to new Stanford research, reflecting a period of profound disruption of family and school life.
Could a new San Francisco tax be a solution to the child care crisis?
There’s at least one place in California where even households making six figures can get help paying for child care: San Francisco, the state’s most expensive county when it comes to child care.
House Democrats just launched a 'Dads Caucus' to push for parental leave, the child tax credit, and universal childcare
America has a childcare problem. A group of Democratic congressmen say they want to push for a better way forward.
Child care providers are a casualty of California's transitional kindergarten
In late 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom trumpeted a multi-billion-dollar plan that he said would transform early childhood learning in California by bringing 4-year-olds into the public school system.
California’s child care aid misses hundreds of thousands of families who need it
Zaira Reynoso wanted to give her daughter, Ania, a sibling. But one fear was holding the 31-year-old and her husband Erik back from pursuing another pregnancy: They couldn’t afford child care for another kid.