The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Most notably, in 2021-22, DCA issued a $12  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund. (Control Section 14.00 of the annual budget act authorizes DCA to issue loans between the special funds it oversees.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

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: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   4 shows, the General Fund share of UC ’s total core funding has increased from 37   percent in 2011 ‑12 to 43   percent in 2025 ‑26. As the state share has increased, the tuition share had decreased —falling from 57   percent in 2011 ‑12 to 52   percent in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Amount excludes $164 million ongoing for the K ‑12 Strong Workforce Program. c Amount excludes $62 million ongoing for apprenticeships affiliated with K ‑12 local education agencies. d Amount assumes 12 percent of program funding goes to CCC based on historical trends, and CCC in turn spends 20 percent of those funds on CTE courses based on the approximate share of noncredit instruction that is classified as CTE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - On the other hand, as Figure  6 shows, students with higher awards are likely to be from households with higher incomes. These students tend to receive less gift aid, resulting in larger MCS awards than students from lower ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - (The measure also provides $8.5  billion for K-12 school facilities.) These funds may be used for various purposes, including constructing new buildings, renovating existing buildings, acquiring land, and purchasing equipment.
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 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

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - After accounting for these adjustments, Cal Grant costs grow each year over the budget window, averaging 12   percent —reflecting historically high annual growth. Rising Cal Grant costs are largely attributable to several policy changes adopted over the past several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As we discuss in The 2026‑27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K‑12 Spending Plan , the Governor’s budget appropriates $5.6 billion less for schools and community colleges in 2025‑26 than the estimated minimum guarantee in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150