The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The total cost across all project phases is $748  million, with the state covering $399  million (53  percent) and districts covering $348  million (47  percent). Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The new COLA rate increases the cost of providing COLA for the LCFF by $96  million. New COLA Affects Costs for Other School and Community College Programs. As the figure shows, the Governor ’s budget includes a COLA for several other school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The appropriation is intended to mitigate BPPE ’s structural deficit by allowing it to repay a recent special fund loan it received to cover litigation costs. We recommend rejecting the proposal, as the existing special fund loan addresses BPPE ’s near-term costs and shifting those costs to the General Fund would come at the expense of supporting other core state programs or building fiscal resiliency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The associated ongoing cost is built into apportionments in 2026 ‑27. c Related and supplemental instruction costs for apprenticeship programs in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 are higher than budgeted. COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - The new framework goes beyond the GI 2025 objectives of increasing graduation rates and closing equity gaps by adding new objectives and several new metrics. One  notable new objective is ensuring all students are able to graduate with a first career job or pathway to graduate education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - We estimate each  1  percent increase in payroll would cost $55  million in 2026 ‑27. Cover health benefit and pension cost increases. UC estimates benefit costs will increase by $134  million. UC estimates its health care costs will grow by 8.2  percent, while its employer contribution rate to UCRP will be 17.2  percent of payroll, up from 16.5  percent of payroll in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Cover cost increases for utilities, liability and property insurance, and other inflationary cost pressures (including costs related to IT and contractual services). Provide ongoing funding for debt service to address capital renewal needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2026 - In this brief, we provide an update on Cal Grant cost estimates and discuss recent program trends leading to higher Cal Grant spending. We then analyze the Governor’s budget proposal to reduce Middle Class Scholarship award coverage and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5127