The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - From 2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25, CSAC determined what percentage of each student ’s remaining costs to cover based on the annual MCS appropriation. In 2022 ‑23, award coverage was 26  percent, followed by 36  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 35  percent in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Every year since the inception of GI 2025 in 2016 ‑17, CSU has used a different formula to allocate new GI 2025 funds, such that campuses have not known one year from the next what it takes to obtain program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature request the department to answer, at a minimum, the following  questions: What workload is CSAC currently unable to  cover? What are the programmatic implications of not being able to perform this work?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

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

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Adding a sunset date would provide the Legislature the opportunity to reevaluate the fee structure and make modifications. Historically, the state has set a sunset date of January 1, five years after the account is reauthorized.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - (The survey defines “very close ” to mean the job is in the same field, while it defines “close ” to mean that the job is in a different field but still uses what the student learned.) We  do not know, however, whether these respondents are representative of CTE students more broadly, especially because only a small share of students receiving the survey choose to respond (between 14 percent and 33  percent  annually).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

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

Nov 7, 2024 - This increase in average wages is consistent with what one might expect when the state adds a substantial number of relatively high paying government jobs to a region. Employment Growth in the Region Has Been Higher Than State Average.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Upon launching, the program is expected to enroll approximately 450,000 newborns annually. 2021 ‑22 Budget Added Low ‑Income Public School Students to Program. The 2021 ‑22 budget also added a new component to the CalKIDS program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - What are the demographic, program, and course ‑taking profiles of K ‑12 students who enroll or do not enroll in postsecondary education? 3. What are the characteristics and educational paths of students who drop out of high school but eventually enroll in a postsecondary institution?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026