The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The last time the Legislature adjusted these fees was during BPPE ’s 2016 sunset review, when it changed the structure of the annual licensing fee, among other changes. Those changes were fully implemented by July 1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - In the 2015 ‑ 16 b udget, for example, the state set UC enrollment expectations for the 2016 ‑17 academic year. Subsequent budgets in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑ 18 c ontinued the practice of setting enrollment targets one year in advance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - This approach increased annual state debt service cos ts for UC facilities by $105  million. In 2024 ‑25, UC estimates its total debt service costs are further increasing by $8  million (2  percent), altogether reaching $469  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Every year since the inception of GI 2025 in 2016 ‑17, CSU has used a different formula to allocate new GI 2025 funds, such that campuses have not known one year from the next what it takes to obtain program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - Enrollment Projections Enrollment Estimate for 2016 –17 Based on Recent Data From UC and CSU. Both university systems indicate they currently are growing enrollment in 2016 –17 to meet state budget enrollment targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The 2016 ‑17 state budget funded the Board of Governors ’ request, providing $200  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund to create SWP. Subsequent augmentations have brought the program funding level to $290  million ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - (For  example, the 2018 ‑19 calculation was based on a district ’s FTE count for 2018 ‑19, 2017 ‑18, and 2016 ‑17.) Using a rolling average is intended to smooth annual adjustments to a district ’s apportionment funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - As   Figure  7 shows, CCA enrollment has been declining since fall 2016. After many years of having its enrollment hover at approximately 1,800  students, CCA enrollment declined notably at the onset of the pandemic and has continued to decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2002 through 2016, voters approved four state general obligation bonds for education facilities. The most recent of these bonds, Proposition  51, provided $2  billion for community college facilities.
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