The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Second, the scoring system does not account for whether campuses have already received Proposition  2 funding, resulting in several campuses having multiple projects funded while other campuses have no projects funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 Less than 5 percentage points from target 6 5 to 10 percentage points from target 14 More than 10 percentage points from target 2 Disparities in Graduation Rates Across Campuses Remain Large.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - A second major change was expanding eligibility to students receiving Cal Grant awards. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities [Publication Details]

Mar 17, 2026 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposals to fund the second batch of community college capital outlay projects under Proposition 2, an education facilities bond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025, BPPE incurred $10  million in costs associated with an employment lawsuit, consisting of a $4  million jury award to the plaintiff and $6  million in plaintiff ’s attorney fees. To cover these costs, DCA issued a $10  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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

Nov 7, 2024 - The expansion during this period resulted in a near doubling of the campus ’s gsf —adding 1.3  million gsf of academic and auxiliary space combined. This second phase of growth cost an estimated $1.2  billion ($772  million for academic facilities and $395  million for auxiliary facilities).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Second, the Governor ’s budget includes an additional 2  percent increase ($96  million) associated with the 2025 ‑26 compact payment that was postponed to 2026 ‑27 under last year ’s budget agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

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 State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Second, the Governor ’s budget includes an additional 2  percent increase ($101  million) associated with the 2025 ‑26 compact payment that was postponed under last year ’s budget agreement. The administration proposes to give CSU discretion in allocating this additional funding in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - As  Figure  6 shows, this trend has since reversed. From  2015 ‑16 (the year before SWP began) to 2024 ‑25, CTE as a share of total enrollment increased from 27  percent to 31  percent. CTE Enrollment Increases Could Be Due to SWP or Other Factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098