The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Adjusting for inflation, revenues were 18  percent lower in 2024-25 than in 2018-19. BPPE Fund Has a Structural Deficit. As Figure  1 shows, expenditures from the BPPE Fund have exceeded revenues annually beginning in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - When state budget conditions improve and the Legislature decides to resume appropriations, it could then reestablish the expectation that the three campuses continue to make progress toward the 18 percent cap.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - CalPERS contribution rates increased every year from 2011‑12 through 2019‑20, rising from 18 percent to 31 percent over that period (for Miscellaneous Tier 1 state employees). In 2020‑21 and 2021‑22, the state applied certain supplemental payments towards CalPERS costs, which lowered rates to 29 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - During the first grant round, colleges created new OER content for courses in 18 disciplines. For the second round, new OER is in the process of being finalized for 18 additional disciplines. After faculty review of the newly created OER, the Academic Senate provides corresponding professional develo pment to faculty throughout the state on integrating the OER into their teaching.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget includes $50  million in new one-time General Fund support for this program in 2025-26, along with carrying over $18  million in unspent program funds from 2024-25. The $50  million is in addition to the $500  million one-time General Fund appropriation provided in the 2021-22 Budget Act for this program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

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

The 2018-19 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Feb 15, 2018 - Most of this increase is for ( 1)  a 3  p ercent general salary increase for faculty and staff ($676,000), and ( 2)  H astings ’ portion of implementation costs for UCPath ($350,000). UCPath is the University of California ’s new payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3750

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The law library ’s staff has grown over time, increasing from seven positions in 2017-18 to ten positions in 2024-25. Its operating costs have grown from approximately $630,000 in 2017-18 to an estimated $1.3  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Merced ’s student ‑to ‑employee ratio in this category was 69:1  compared to 18:1 for the UC system. UC Merced administrators indicate that its notably higher student ‑to ‑employee ratio also is due to its fiscal challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - In 2017 ‑18, UC and CSU increased undergraduate tuition charges by 3  percent and 5  percent, respectively. (UC also increased its systemwide Student Services Fee by 5  percent annually from 2015 ‑16 through 2017 ‑18.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581