The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - On the other hand, allocating less funding now would leave more available for high-priority projects (including life safety projects) that could emerge over the next year or two. Scoring System Used to Select Projects Has Some Positive Aspects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - 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. One  notable new objective is ensuring all students are able to graduate with a first career job or pathway to graduate education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget provides a $10  million one-time General Fund appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26 (to be implemented through the next round of amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Act ). These funds would be used to repay the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account loan in full in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - As stock market developments unfold over the course of the next 18 months (through the end of the budget year), all the segments could see their fiscal situations change  significantly. Base Increases Recommend Reducing or Eliminating Base General Fund Increases for CSU and UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Next, we describe the Governor ’s proposal to provide a COLA for apportionments, assess the proposal, and provide a recommendation. Cost Pressures Compensation Is Largest Community College Operating Cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

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: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Next, we describe the Governor ’s proposals relating to UC ’s base budget, assess those proposals, and make associated  recommendations. Funding Trends UC ’s Reliance on State Support Has Increased Somewhat Over Past 15 Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - If the state ’s fiscal condition improves over the next year, the Legislature could consider providing base increases for the universities at that time. Recommend Aligning State Funding With Enrollment Expectations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Riverside and UC San Diego, however, each added nearly as many students over the same period, growing by about 7,300 and 7,100 resident undergraduate students, respectively. Adding Capacity at UC Merced Has Been Relatively Costly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937