CCC and UC: An Evaluation of Best Value Procurement Pilot Programs

Dec 21, 2017 - The state currently does not have consistent policies for how public agencies may procure goods and services. Whereas the state has granted several public agencies permanent authority to use BV for procuring goods and services, it granted such authority to CCC and UC only on a pilot basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3726

California Public Higher Education: Funding Supplemental Services for Low-Income and First-Generation Students

Dec 20, 2017 - State Has Been Phasing in Formula Over Multiple Years. In developing LCFF, the state created per ‑student funding targets that were significantly higher than the going rates. Starting in 2013 ‑14, the state began providing augmentations to LCFF to close the difference (or gap) between their prior ‑year funding level and their LCFF target level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3724

California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program

Dec 19, 2017 - In at least one discipline (dental hygiene), schools in the state already appear to be producing sufficient numbers of graduates to meet or exceed employer demand. Most Approved Programs Are in Workforce Areas Not Requiring Bachelor ’s Degrees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3722

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - A law enacted in 1990 requires the state to provide a supplemental appropriation when Test  3 is operative and the minimum guarantee otherwise would grow less quickly than the rest of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals [Publication Details]

May 15, 2017 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s May Revision education proposals. First, we review changes in the overall Proposition 98 funding level. Subsequently, we describe and assess the Governor’s major proposals for K‑12 education, child care and preschool, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and student financial aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3670

California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates

Mar 30, 2017 - Should the State More Clearly Delineate the Roles of Credit and Noncredit CCC Instruction? Were the state to fund credit and CDCP instruction at different rates in the future, it would need a clearer distinction between the two categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3635

California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates [Publication Details]

Mar 30, 2017 - In this report, we assess the effects of recent changes in state funding rates on California Community Colleges (CCC) noncredit courses, and recommend that the Legislature explore four key issues moving forward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3635

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - State Policy Changes Likely Needed. Operating existing academic support, student success, and student equity programs in separate silos reflects, in part, how the state funds these services. The state supports them through separate programs, each with its own programmatic objectives, statutory requirements, and funding allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3559

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2017 - In this report, we analyze the Governor's higher education budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3559

Creating a Debt Free College Program

Jan 31, 2017 - California currently has two major state ‑run aid programs along with several institutional aid programs. Furthermore, the main state program —the Cal Grant program —itself has numerous sub ‑programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3540