The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - A new governor will take office in 2027 ‑28. b Under the deferral plans, the year 4 base increases and UC nonresident replacement funding are deferred from 2025 ‑26 to 2027 ‑28. In 2026 ‑27, one ‑time back payments are provided for 2025 ‑26 costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - This is a few months after the completion of the demonstration project and a few months before the start of the state ’s 2027 ‑28 budget process. If the Legislature decided to expand the platform based on the demonstration project ’s results, it could initiate state funding in 2027 ‑28, funds  permitting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Throughout  this report, we account for Proposition  28 in our estimates of school spending and our estimates of the minimum guarantee. Proposition 28 (2022) Establishes New Program to Fund Arts Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - If UC Merced continued growing at the same pace over the next five years as it has over the past five years, its enrollment would reach  10,377 students by 2027 ‑28, still far below the level needed to justify the expansion  project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The Master Plan at 50 series - Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts--Coordinating Higher Education in California [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts--Coordinating Higher Education in California January 28, 2010 In this 5-minute video, analyst Judy Heiman discusses the LAO Report "Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts--Coordinating Higher Education in California. "
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=9&videoId=92

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - (The Chancellor ’s Office intends to request about $400  million in Proposition  2 funding for additional projects in 2026-27 and the remainder in 2027-28.) The Legislature could choose to allocate a different amount of Proposition  2 funding in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The State Library ’s ongoing funding comes primarily from the state General Fund (67  percent) and federal funds (28  percent), with the remainder coming from special funds and reimbursements. For 2025-26, the Governor ’s budget includes $37  million in ongoing state operations funding for the State Library and $30  million in ongoing local assistance funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - For more than 20 years, the state has provided Cal Grants as entitlements to recent high school graduates as well as transfer students under age 28. In  2021 ‑22, the state also began providing Cal Grants as entitlements to community college students, regardless of their age and time out of high school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The  June 2024 budget package committed to a total of $28  billion in budget solutions for 2025 ‑26, which included, $12  billion in spending ‑related solutions and nearly $16  billion in all other solutions, including $5.5  billion in temporary revenue increases and a $7  billion withdrawal from the state ’s rainy day fund, the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - Within this preliminary spending plan, 59  percent of new spending is for employee salaries and benefits, 28  percent is related to expanding enrollment and student support programs, and the remaining 13  percent is for other operating cost increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842