everyone. reporter: one closed its 41 preschools today to show what will happen if the state doesn t pass a budget soon. they haven t been paid since july. as one of the larger agencies in california, we have been able to sustain but like i said, as of november 15th, we are going to have a really hard time doing that without additional support. reporter: little layla s parents can t afford private preschools. one of them may be forced to quit their job if lawmakers don t do what it takes to keep schools open. some of the signs here say that child care is the way for us to make a living in california. that is so true. can you imagine if none of us were able to have any child care, how that would impact california, their jobs, our jobs what we are doing? it would be big loss. reporter: parents are praying lawmakers act soon so their kids can keep going to class and they can keep working. pass the budget, do it now, think of us. reporter: many bay area preschools h