Community-based preschools across the state have struggled to compete with California’s free, universal transitional-kindergarten program, where enrollment grew from nearly 117,000 students in the 2022-23 school year to 213,000 students this year. Now, hundreds of preschools have shuttered — worsening the shortage of licensed child care spaces for children younger than 4 years old.
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