The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2020, Learning Lab entered into an agreement with the Foundation for California Community Colleges (the Foundation) for certain administrative services and staffing support. Currently, Learning Lab has five program staff employed by the Foundation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - In 2020‑21 and 2021‑22, the state applied certain supplemental payments towards CalPERS costs, which lowered rates to 29 percent. Since then, rates have generally stabilized around 32 percent. Spending Increases for Financial Aid Are Primarily Due to Tuition Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - (In 2020 ‑21, the state did not provide a COLA for any CCC programs because it anticipated a significant budget shortfall due to the pandemic.) The state has also provided a COLA for certain other categorical programs in one or two of these years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - The 2020 LRDP further lowered the campus ’s enrollment targets. (Unlike earlier LRDPs which tended to set annual targets, the 2020 LRDP set enrollment targets for only 2020 ‑21 and 2030 ‑31.) UC Merced fell short of its 2020 ‑21 target (9,700 FTE students) by 515 FTE  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - (In  2020 ‑21, the state reduced General Fund support for UC, but it restored funding the following  year.) UC Continues Implementing Its Tuition Stability Plan. In 2021, the Board of Regents approved a new tuition policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - At the time the new scoring system was adopted in September 2020, the allocation of funding between modernization projects (65  percent) and growth projects (35  percent) generally reflected the system ’s identified capital outlay needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 16, 2020 - The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education The 2020-21 Spending Plan Higher Education This post summarizes the state ’s 2020 ‑21 spending package for higher education. It is part of our   Spending Plan  series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4284