Creating a Debt Free College Program [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2017 - The Supplemental Report of the 2016-17 Budget Act directs our office to estimate the cost of a new state financial aid program intended to eliminate the need for students to take on college debt. We estimate such a program for resident undergraduate students attending public colleges in California would cost $3.3 billion annually, on top of all existing gift aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3540

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - This study shall consist of both of the following parts: (1) An analysis of the need within certain regions of the state for a CSU campus and statewide for a UC campus. To the extent applicable data are available, this analysis shall include all of the following: (A) Consideration of enrollment demand based on relative demographic levels and eligible students for each county and statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532/1

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - As noted earlier, the state has never formalized CSU regions in state law, and in the past the state has used different regional breakdowns when evaluating whether to construct new CSU campuses. Various regional breakdowns could be viewed as reasonable, with the different approaches having distinct advantages and disadvantages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity [Publication Details]

Jan 19, 2017 - We project university enrollment over the next eight years based on existing state policy and growth in the state's public high school graduates. In 2024-25, we project UC will enroll 11,000 more resident students (5 percent) than in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3532

Evaluation of CSU's Doctor of Nursing Practice Pilot Program

Jan 5, 2017 - As we discussed in Ensuring an Adequate Nursing Workforce: Improving State Nursing Programs (May 2007), beginning in the late 1990s, the state experienced a mismatch between employer demand for RNs providing direct patient care and the size of the RN workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3521

Evaluation of CSU's Doctor of Nursing Practice Pilot Program [Publication Details]

Jan 5, 2017 - In response, the state enacted Chapter 416 of 2010 which temporarily allows CSU to offer an independent DNP on a pilot basis. Related legislation requires our office to evaluate the pilot program and make a recommendation regarding its extension.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3521

California Community Colleges: Evaluation of Intersession Extension Pilot Program [Publication Details]

Dec 14, 2016 - As a response, the state enacted Chapter 710 of 2013 (AB 955, Williams), which permitted select colleges to offer, on a pilot basis, fully fee-supported credit-bearing courses during winter and summer intersessions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3515

California Community Colleges: Evaluation of Intersession Extension Pilot Program

Dec 14, 2016 - As a result, nearly 200 students —who generally mirror the broader LBCC student population —were able to accelerate progress toward meeting their educational goals at no additional cost to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3515

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program [Publication Details]

Sep 27, 2016 - The program provides financial aid to members of the California National Guard and the State Military Reserve to pay for postsecondary education. The legislation sunsets the program July 1, 2019 and requires our office to review the program prior to this sunset.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3501

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program

Sep 27, 2016 - The department believes that a state would need to receive permission from the federal government for a state education benefit program to have such a requirement. Selection Process Does Little to Retain Key Members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3501