The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As of fall 2024, districts employed about 66,100 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) employees systemwide —up about 400 FTE employees (0.6  percent) from fall 2019. Staffing has somewhat outpaced enrollment, which decreased by 0.3  percent during this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Counter to last year ’s budget agreement, the Governor proposes $4  million ongoing General Fund in 2026-27 to retain Learning Lab. (This is $1.5  million less than Learning Lab received in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025, BPPE incurred $10  million in costs associated with an employment lawsuit, consisting of a $4  million jury award to the plaintiff and $6  million in plaintiff ’s attorney fees. To cover these costs, DCA issued a $10  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Debt Service Has Been Hovering at Around 4   Percent of Core Spending. UC typically borrows to undertake major capital projects. It  carries debt mostly from former state general obligation bonds and, beginning in 2013 ‑14, from university bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - CSU ’s overall core budget also generally increased over this period, such that debt service as a share of total core funding hovered around 4  percent. Proposals Governor Proposes Base Increases for CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - As  Figure  4 shows, these measures include a mix of academic and labor market outcomes. Districts and consortia receive a certain number of points for each student who attains these outcomes, with points generally doubled if the student is economically disadvantaged (as defined under the Perkins V program).
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 - (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

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Of the 6,604  students,  UC estimates at least 1,700 (26  percent) remained enrolled after receiving assistance and at least 400 (6  percent) graduated. UC notes that the academic outcomes data available to basic needs staff varies by campus, which suggests these figures might be inconsistently reported and incomplete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024. This  would result in maintaining prior funding levels for these activities but would preclude this amount of Proposition  4 funds from supporting expanded service levels or additional projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951