The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

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The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - On May 14, 2021, Governor Newsom presented a revised state budget proposal to the Legislature. (This annual proposed revised budget is called the “May Revision.”) In this post, we provide a summary of the Governor’s revised budget, focusing on the overall condition and structure of the state General Fund—the budget’s main operating account.
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The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Background State Provides a Limited Number of Competitive Awards. The state currently authorizes 41, 000 n ew competitive awards annually for students who do not qualify for an entitlement award. As Figure  4 shows, CSAC uses a scoring matrix to prioritize among eligible applicants.
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California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals [Publication Details]

Dec 18, 2020 - California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals [Publication Details] California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals Format: HTML Description: To help address the state’s large budget deficit as estimated in June 2020, the 2020-21 budget package deferred a substantial amount of General Fund payments to schools and the California Community Colleges (CCC).
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An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - Moreover, like other state and local agencies, campuses not only are facing extraordinary, unexpected costs but they also will be affected by the state ’s deteriorating budget condition. Critical for State to Provide Higher Education Institutions With Early Budget Signals.
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Overview of Federal COVID-19 Research Funding

May 13, 2020 - California Supports Several Relatively Small State R &D Programs. Similar to other states, state government in California provides a much smaller amount of R &D support compared to the federal government.
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The 2020-21 Budget: Fresno Integrated K-16 Education Collaborative

Mar 11, 2020 - State Funds Several Ongoing Efforts to Promote Regional Collaboration. The state also has promoted the creation of additional education pathways by establishing regional consortia. In 2016 ‑17, the state created the Strong Workforce Program to coordinate career technical education pathways through seven regional consortia.
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Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
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The 2020-21 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - The remaining six positions are associated with two one ‑time initiatives the state also created in 2019 ‑20. For these two initiatives, the state designated funding for administrative activities in the 2019 ‑ 20 b udget, so the Governor is proposing only the associated position authority at this time.
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The 2020-21 Budget: Medical Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - In 2015 ‑16, the state provided $1. 9  m illion ongoing General Fund for the program. The authorizing legislation —Chapter   2 o f 2016 (A B  133 , Committee on Budget) —stated that the program should enroll 48 students.
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