The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the project proposals that districts submitted for 2026-27, 7 out of 27 eligible modernization projects (26  percent) are included in the Governor ’s budget, compared to 3 out of 8 eligible growth projects (38  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   8 shows, salaries and benefits accounted for about three ‑fourths of UC spending in 2024 ‑25. Over the past decade, the share of spending devoted to compensation has increased, rising from 65   percent in 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, 18  CCC districts reported receiving $8  million in WIOA funds, though much of this funding was likely for instruction in basic skills (such as English language and literacy) rather than CTE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU has also already set systemwide retention rate targets for the 2027 fall cohort: 88  percent first ‑year retention rate (a  4 ‑percentage ‑point increase), 81  percent second ‑year rate (a 9 ‑percentage ‑point increase), and 78  percent third ‑year rate (an 8 ‑percentage ‑point increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Of the project proposals that districts submitted for 2025-26, 17 out of 36 eligible modernization projects (47  percent) were included in the Governor ’s budget, compared to 8 out of 14 eligible growth projects (57  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - CLSF also has increased these charges over the same period —by 7  percent in 2022 ‑23, 8  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 8  percent in 2024 ‑25. Despite the recent increases, CLSF ’s JD tuition charge remains lower than the average tuition charge of UC ’s four JD programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - CLSF anticipates JD enrollment to decline by 8 FTE students (0.7  percent) in 2024 ‑25. The school expects this drop to be partially offset by a small anticipated increase in master ’s program enrollment (expected to grow by 5 FTE students).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2024 ‑25, UC estimates its total debt service costs are further increasing by $8  million (2  percent), altogether reaching $469  million. UC Has Large Seismic Safety and Capital Renewal Backlogs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - From 2019 ‑20 through 2024 ‑25, ongoing General Fund support for UC and CSU has seen annual increases as high as 16  percent and annual declines as deep as 8  percent. Looking at the budget plan for the universities over the next three years, state support would remain volatile, with annual ongoing General Fund increases as high as 12  percent (if state funding permitted) and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957