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 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

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

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 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

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - Contingency Proposal Helps Protect Against Downside Risk in 2017 ‑18. In developing its estimate of the 2017 ‑18 guarantee, the administration assumed that per capita General Fund revenue would grow 4.7  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

The 2020-21 Budget: Cal Grant Cost Estimates

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate the percentage of high school seniors who applied for an entitlement award increased from roughly 35  percent in the 2009 ‑10 award year to roughly 50  percent in the 2017 ‑18 award year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4114

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 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - The May Revision updates the 2016 ‑17 guarantee to account for the new data but makes essentially no changes to 2017 ‑ 18 o r 2018 ‑19 attendance estimates. Under the administration ’s projections, attendance increases by 0. 01 p ercent in 2017 ‑ 18 t hen declines by 0. 29 p ercent in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834