The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - This program provides one-time grants of up to $10,000 to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school (a school where at least 55  percent of students are low-income, English learners, or foster youth).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

Interim Evaluation of Community College Basic Skills Transformation Grants

Dec 5, 2019 - Basic Skills Education Community Colleges Offer Math and English Courses Below College Level. To obtain an associate degree and/or transfer to a four ‑year university, students must complete college ‑level courses in math and English (among other requirements).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4120

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, 18  CCC districts reported receiving $8  million in WIOA funds, though much of this funding was likely for instruction in basic skills (such as English language and literacy) rather than CTE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2016-17 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 26, 2016 - Basic Skills Courses Account for More Than One –Quarter of All CCC English and Math Enrollment. In 2014 –15 , 28  percent of all English, reading, and writing units taken at CCC (not including ESL) were remedial.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3372

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - These areas include various health care occupations —such as certified nursing assistants and home health aides —as well as English courses for English as a second language students. Through the state ’s Adult Education Program (AEP), more than 350  adult education providers —primarily school districts (through their adult schools) and community colleges —are organized into 71  regional consortia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Adult schools received this funding rate regardless of the specific courses they offered, with basic English and math, English as a second language (ESL), career technical education (CTE), and citizenship courses commonly offered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - This program provides scholarships to students in teacher preparation programs who commit to working at a priority school (a school where at least 55  percent of students are low-income, English learners, or foster youth).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - A school district ’s allotment depends on its size (as measured by average daily attendance) and the share of its students who are low income or English learners. The Legislature allocates most community college funding through the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

California Public Higher Education: Funding Supplemental Services for Low-Income and First-Generation Students

Dec 20, 2017 - For districts whose English learners and low ‑income students together exceed 55  p ercent of total enrollment, the state provides concentration funding. Specifically, these districts receive an additional 50  p ercent of the base rate for each English learner or low ‑income student above the 55  p ercent threshold.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3724

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

Mar 30, 2017 - Started in 2015 ‑16 to coordinate services among adult education providers and support CCC noncredit instruction primarily in three areas: (1) English as a second language, (2) high school completion and precollegiate ‑level English and math, and (3)  vocational education. 95 b Basic Skills Initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3635