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 2018-19 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Feb 15, 2018 - Though the school still anticipates deficit spending over the next three years, its budget condition has improved somewhat. The improved outlook is due largely to the school having higher ‑than ‑expected endowment earnings and implementing some cost controls.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3750

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - Since June 2020, the state ’s fiscal outlook, as well as the Proposition  98 outlook for school and community college funding, has improved. Developments over just the past couple of months also bode well for community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323

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

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - Proposition   98 c onstitutionally governs the minimum amount of funding provided to schools and community colleges each year. In June 2020, the state estimated that the Proposition   98 m inimum guarantee had dropped notably for both 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 r elative to assumptions it had made one year earlier (in June 2019), prior to the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways [Publication Details]

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways [Publication Details] UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways Format: HTML Description: Beginning operations 20 years ago, the University of California (UC) Merced has grown to a campus of approximately 9,100 students and 2,500 faculty, staff, and student employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4937

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Historically, the state has expected UC to draw its freshman admits from the top 12.5  percent of the state ’s high school graduates. As we have noted in previous analyses, UC has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years and likely will continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - New COLA Affects Costs for Other School and Community College Programs. As the figure shows, the Governor ’s budget includes a COLA for several other school and community college programs. For schools, the largest program after LCFF is special education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Most school districts, every community college, and some public and private four ‑year institutions voluntarily participate in Cal ‑PASS Plus, a project overseen by the CCC Chancellor ’s Office. Cal ‑PASS Plus links data from participating institutions, then analyzes the data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

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