Most LEAs offered full-day TK (84% in 2023–24) and 87% provided an expanded learning option to extend the day¶

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q2 i? Eighty-four percent of LEAs offered full-day TK in 2023–24, up from 82%, and 87% provided an expanded learning option, while 13% offered none. → Wang 2025

Evidence¶

Wang 2025¶

Wang, V., Melnick, H., Leung-Gagné, M., Parker, S., & Wechsler, M. (2025). California's universal prekindergarten implementation progress, 2023–24. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/600.551

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Statewide LEA survey (N = 1,415 LEAs with TK), reported in the TK Service Delivery Models section and Figure 3. Full-day TK is defined as more than 4 hours; part-day as 3 to 4 hours.

"Eighty-four percent of all LEAs offered full-day TK; 82% did so in 2022–23. In 2023–24, 78% of LEAs offered only full-day TK, and 6% offered both full-day and part-day options."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Nearly all California LEAs offered TK in 2023–24, with 85% offering it at all elementary sites, up from 81% the prior year — related
• Most California LEAs offered full-day TK, but large LEAs were less likely to offer only full-day options while more likely to combine TK with on-site expanded learning programs — related
• A majority of LEAs planned to offer TK at all kindergarten sites and full-day TK — related