California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates

Mar 30, 2017 - Issues for Legislative Consideration Below, we highlight four questions for the Legislature to consider as it makes decisions on CCC course funding going forward. Should the Legislature Revisit CCC Course Funding Rates?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3635

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - State law does not specify what share of these funds would go to community colleges. If the Legislature were to allocate the funds in proportion to the current split of Proposition 98 spending between the two segments, an estimated $608 million would go to community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

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

Dec 18, 2020 - Districts are planning to handle these deferrals by using various cash management strategies, including tapping their local reserves and borrowing externally from investors. We estimate about one ‑third of CCC districts are planning to borrow externally.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - For example, this might mean allocating a larger share of funding toward modernization projects, limiting each campus to one Proposition  2 project across all years, or capping the share of funding going toward “complete campus concept ” projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - (One reason the share going toward instructional salaries is not larger is that the 50  percent law leads districts to cover these costs primarily using apportionments rather than categorical funds.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Districts generally also have relatively high local reserves that could be tapped to address cost increases that are unavoidable in the near term (such as higher health care premiums or software licenses and other technology).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - Whereas current policy requires most state agencies to use the PAL process, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and community college districts are not required to go through the process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

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

Nov 7, 2024 - Regional Educational Trends Regional College Going Rates Have Increased but Still Lag Behind State Average. Since UC Merced opened, college going among high school graduates has increased both regionally and statewide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2019-20 Budget: California Student Aid Commission's Grant Delivery System Modernization Project

Apr 24, 2019 - Of this amount, $5.3 million would go to vendors to develop and test the new system, conduct project management, and provide related staff training. The remaining funds would go toward hardware, initial software licensing, and required services from other state agencies (including CDT for project oversight).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4013

The 2018-19 Budget: Grant Delivery System Replacement

Mar 6, 2018 - State IT Projects Generally Go Through State Approval Process. Most state IT projects are required to go through the Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL), a four-stage planning process overseen by the California Department of Technology (CDT).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3770