Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - It also analyzed CSU and peer data, reviewed national research, and conducted various focus groups. The new framework goes beyond the GI 2025 objectives of increasing graduation rates and closing equity gaps by adding new objectives and several new metrics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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

May 6, 2019 - Governor ’s Incremental Approach to Adding Data Sources Has Merit. We believe the Governor ’s proposed order of onboarding the segments and other data contributors generally is reasonable. Recognizing that all IT projects entail risks, first connecting K ‑12 data with data from the state ’s three public higher education segments, as proposed by the Governor, likely would be the most straightforward technical process, with considerable added value.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Riverside and UC San Diego, however, each added nearly as many students over the same period, growing by about 7,300 and 7,100 resident undergraduate students, respectively. Adding Capacity at UC Merced Has Been Relatively Costly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In response to the statutory requirement to eliminate barriers to hiring CTE instructors, the Chancellor ’s Office and the Academic Senate established a work group on minimum qualifications. Although the work group did not recommend notable changes to minimum qualifications, it did develop new guidance to help districts use the existing equivalency process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Over the past five years, salaries for community college employees have generally grown at rates similar to inflation, with some variation by employee group. From fall 2019 to fall 2024, the systemwide average salary increased by 25  percent for tenured and tenure ‑track faculty, while it increased by 20  percent for classified support staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As a group, represented employees (including various other staff positions and union ‑represented academic employees) saw their salaries increase by 6.7  percent each year over the last ten years. After accounting for workforce growth, salary growth largely matched inflation, with little to no growth in inflation ‑adjusted wages for core ‑funded employees over the past decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The Legislature could consider a shorter, one-year sunset date if it wanted to direct the affected groups to reexamine the fee structure and report back, as discussed below. Direct State Library to Identify Revenue Options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - State Added Juvenile Justice Component to Program in 2022 ‑23. The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act provided $15  million ongoing to add a new component to the Rising Scholars Network that focuses on youth impacted by the juvenile justice system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005