The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - Recent high school graduates and transfer students under age 28 who meet the above financial and academic criteria are entitled to Cal Grants. Students ineligible for entitlement awards —typically older students who have been out of school for at a least a few years —compete for a fixed number of Cal Grant awards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - Under current law, families in Stage 1 child care transfer to Stage 2 when the county deems them stable. (Every county has its own definition of stability.) The May Revision proposes that a family receive Stage 1 child care for at least twelve months before being transferred to Stage 2 child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - Do students who earn an associate degree for transfer (ADT) at a community college end up taking fewer total units to earn a bachelor ’s degree than students who transfer without an ADT? 8. Are students receiving Cal Grant competitive awards more likely to enroll and graduate from college than those eligible students who just missed the cut ‑off for getting awards?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2019-20 Budget: Community College Student Success Awareness Initiative [Publication Details]

Apr 25, 2019 - In this post, we analyze the Governor’s proposal to fund more student outreach regarding college affordability, career pathways, and transfer options at the California Community Colleges (CCC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4017

The 2019-20 Budget: Community College Student Success Awareness Initiative

Apr 25, 2019 - Transfer Options. In 2010, the Legislature enacted a law requiring CCC to develop associate degrees for transfer (ADT). Students who complete an ADT are automatically eligible to transfer to the California State University system as juniors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4017

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - Compared to freshmen, transfer students at UC are less likely to graduate on time. Of transfer students entering in fall 2015, 57  p ercent graduated within two years. Transfer students, however, have slightly higher overall graduation rates (with a four ‑year graduation rate of 89  p ercent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor proposes attributing this $ 700  m illion deposit to the 2018 ‑19 fiscal year, although the actual transfer likely would take place after June 30, 2019. No Deposit Into School ’s Constitutional Reserve Required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2018-19 Budget: California State Library

Apr 13, 2018 - In California, local libraries can be operated by counties, cities, special districts, or joint powers authorities. Usually an operator designates a central library to help coordinate activities among all the library branches within the jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3810

The 2018-19 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 15, 2018 - Freshman ‑to ‑Transfer Ratio.  Enroll at least one entering transfer student for every two entering freshmen for the 2018 ‑19 academic year at every campus except Merced and San Francisco. UC Has Had Aspirational Goal of Meeting Freshman ‑to ‑Transfer Ratio.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3748

An Evaluation of CSU's Cross-Campus Online Education Program

Jan 3, 2018 - To evaluate whether the registration process is effectively streamlined for students, as required by Chapter  363, we asked the Chancellor ’s Office to explain the steps for how students sign up for a course and verify how course units will transfer back to their home campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3725