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 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The administration typically updates its apportionments cost estimates at the May Revision to reflect more recent data from districts. Any updates would in turn affect the amount of the current ‑year funding increase proposed for apportionments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - 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 of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - As of this writing, five consortia have updated their plan within the past year, while the other three most recently updated their plan between one and two years ago. Although the plans vary in content, they generally cover most of the key components required under statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - (This COLA rate will be revised in late April based on updated inflation data.) Additionally,  the budget more than triples ongoing Proposition  98 funding for Calbright College (raising support from $15  million to $53  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Ad ditionally, it would like to update its cybersecurity tools before its existing ones become obsolete or begin to fail. Furthermore, the State Library notes that state procurement processes require planning multiple years in advance to acquire these types of new technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Figure 3 Updating Prior ‑ and Current ‑Year Estimates of the Guarantee (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Upon launching, the program is expected to enroll approximately 450,000 newborns annually. 2021 ‑22 Budget Added Low ‑Income Public School Students to Program. The 2021 ‑22 budget also added a new component to the CalKIDS program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548