The 2020-21 Budget: Medical Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - Last Year, Legislature Expressed Intent to Approve a Future UC Merced Medical Facility. In addition to approving a UC Riverside medical school project, the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget authorized UC to pursue a new medical school project at or near the Merced campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4166

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - The Chancellor ’s Office states that this proposed rate increase was chosen to align with the anticipated rate of inflation in the upcoming year. Such an increase would generate about $ 50  m illion in additional net revenue, with an additional $ 25  m illion redirected to CSU ’s financial aid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

The 2020-21 Budget: Medical Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2020 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s proposals relating to UC medical education. After providing an overview of medical education, we first analyze the Governor’s proposals to expand enrollment and build a new academic building at the UC Riverside School of Medicine. We then analyze the Governor’s proposal to expand enrollment and services at the UCSF Fresno branch campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4166

Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot

Jan 24, 2020 - Although many programs indicated they expect enrollment to increase as interested students completed lower division requirements, the low enrollment levels after three or four years of operation suggests student demand for bachelor ’s degrees in the particular fields selected is limited.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4140

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor allocates most of the surplus toward one-time purposes, including maintaining a positive year-end balance in the state’s discretionary reserve. Under the administration’s estimates, total reserves would reach $20.5 billion at the end of 2020-21—this represents a $1.7 billion increase from the 2019-20 enacted level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most notably, the Governor provides a combined $ 900  m illion for six programs aimed at improving school employee training, recruitment, and retention. The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures

Dec 18, 2019 - Were new campuses or medical schools to be approved over the next few years, the resulting cost increases would be substantial, with significant long ‑term fiscal implications. Key Planning Issues In this section, we examine the extent to which the state General Fund budget has capacity to cover UC and CSU cost pressures in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4127

Interim Evaluation of Community College Basic Skills Transformation Grants

Dec 5, 2019 - The Chancellor ’s Office expects colleges to place all students that graduated high school within the past ten years directly into transferable college ‑level math and English, but provide concurrent academic support to students with lower GPAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4120

The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate the percentage of high school seniors who applied for an entitlement award increased from roughly 35  percent in the 2009 ‑10 award year to roughly 50  percent in the 2017 ‑18 award year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Second, certain State Preschool providers may enroll four-year olds who are otherwise ineligible for the program (after serving all interested, eligible children). Specifically, these providers must operate within the attendance boundary of a public school where at least 80  percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096