On 9 July 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $123.9 billion Pre-K and K-12 education package, including Assembly Bill 130, committing the state to free, universal transitional kindergarten for all four-year-olds, phased in from 2022-23 with full implementation targeted for 2025-26. The package also funded community schools, expanded summer and after-school programs, universal free school nutrition, and improved staff-to-student ratios.
On 9 July 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $123.9 billion Pre-K and K-12 education package, including Assembly Bill 130, committing the state to free, universal transitional kindergarten for all four-year-olds, phased in from 2022-23 with full implementation targeted for 2025-26. The package also funded community schools, expanded summer and after-school programs, universal free school nutrition, and improved staff-to-student ratios.
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A $123.9 billion package with multi-year funding for universal transitional kindergarten, community schools and free nutrition substantially strengthened public-education financing in the largest US state.
Broad early-learning access expansion modestly widens the on-ramp to schooling, though the package was not primarily a digital-access measure.
