The Great Recession of 2007-2009 caused large declines in state revenues, prompting many states to implement austerity measures to meet their balanced budget requirements. Decreases in public spending can have heterogeneous gender effects due to existing inequalities in time allocated for unpaid work. In this paper, I combine data from the American Time Use Survey for 2005-2015 and the State and Local Expenditures database to investigate the relationship between decreases in state education spending and time spent on childcare. My analysis utilizes an event study approach to compare changes in time allocated for childcare activities by adults residing in states with and without spending reductions on K-12 and early education programs. Prior to the decreases in education spending, I find that time spent on childcare activities across austerity and non-austerity states trended similarly.