The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - The intent is to eventually get all districts funded under SCFF, with SCFF ‑generated funding levels over time surpassing districts ’ locked ‑in ‑place hold harmless  amounts. Supports Adding First ‑Generation Metric to SCFF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - For example, five of these campuses enroll at least 10,000 full-time equivalent students, placing them in the highest two tiers of points based on campus size. In addition, four of these campuses are located in geographic regions that qualify for additional points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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

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 2022-23 budget then provided BPPE with $24  million one-time General Fund over three years to repay this loan and cover its operational costs while BPPE developed a proposal for a new fee structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Grants Support Faculty Time for Innovation. Grants are awarded to UC, CSU, and CCC faculty. Most grants require faculty from at least two campuses across at least two segments to collaborate. Grant funding primarily supports faculty time to work on innovative projects that leverage technology to improve learning outcomes, primarily in STEM courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Recommend Using One ‑Time Funds to Build Budget Resiliency. Between the one ‑time cushion and upward revisions to the 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 minimum guarantee, the Governor ’s budget includes a significant amount of one ‑time funding for CCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The administration intends to retire the deferral in 2027 ‑28, resulting in a one ‑time General Fund cost of $130  million at that time. The deferral is intended to have no programmatic effect on UC.
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 - Recommend Using Available One ‑Time Funding to Retire Payment Deferral. If one‑time funding becomes available, we recommend the Legislature retire this payment deferral either this year or in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142