The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - Governor ’s Incremental Approach to Adding Data Sources Has Merit. We believe the Governor ’s proposed order of onboarding the segments and other data contributors generally is reasonable. Recognizing that all IT projects entail risks, first connecting K ‑12 data with data from the state ’s three public higher
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The Governor also proposes smaller ongoing augmentations for various targeted purposes, including Calbright College, the Healthy School Food Pathways program, the Common Cloud Data Platform, and credit for prior learning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposals for the California Community Colleges. It covers apportionments, enrollment growth, Calbright College, and various other proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5150

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - It also analyzed CSU and peer data, reviewed national research, and conducted various focus groups. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The Chancellor ’s Office provides data on students ’ academic and labor market outcomes through DataVista , a public dashboard launched in fall 2024. Based on this data, the number of students earning any CTE award increased by 50 percent from 2015‑16 to 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

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

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - State Added Juvenile Justice Component to Program in 2022 ‑23. The 2022 ‑23 Budget Act provided $15  million ongoing to add a new component to the Rising Scholars Network that focuses on youth impacted by the juvenile justice system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - After a notable capital campaign, CCA added a large new facility at the San Francisco site in 2024. CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs. Though data on its graduates is limited, CCA shared that many of its graduates remain in California and work at organizations such as KQED Arts & Culture; SFMOMA; Pixar; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Examples of projects include creating an artificial intelligence (AI)-as sisted technology platform for undergraduate chemistry students, developing professional development tools for data science faculty, and redesigning an introductory calculus course to improve pass rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

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