The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Share of Funding Allocated Toward Modernization Projects Is Likely Too Low. Though we think the scoring system is generally reasonable, it has a few shortcomings. One of these shortcomings is that it weights modernization and growth projects in a way that does not align tightly with identified project needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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: 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

The 2023-24 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Jan 31, 2023 - The proposed approach, however, is questionable, as it disconnects funding from specific project activities —likely providing too much project funding too soon and then delaying funding even when projects could be shovel ready.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4664

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Riverside and UC San Diego, however, each added nearly as many students over the same period, growing by about 7,300 and 7,100 resident undergraduate students, respectively. Adding Capacity at UC Merced Has Been Relatively Costly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - MCS Spending Increases Too. The budget assumes higher MCS program costs in both 2024-25 and 2025-26. For 2024-25, the budget package provides an additional $78  million from the previously enacted level that year —bringing MCS spending up to $1  billion General Fund ($636  million ongoing and $368  million one time).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Housing

Apr 8, 2022 - That said, as the cost and scope of many projects likely will change, it is too early to assess how many students ultimately will benef it from the program or measure the overall reduction in living costs for low ‑income students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4589

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - BPPE is one of many regulatory agencies within the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). BPPE ’s main responsibilities include licensing private postsecondary institutions to operate in California, monitoring their business practices, and resolving student complaints.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - We then describe the Governor ’s proposals to fund many new CCC capital outlay projects, assess those proposals, and provide an associated recommendation. Background CCC Has Many Facilities. The CCC system includes 72 local community college districts that operate 115 college campuses, as well as a number of off-campus centers and district offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - After a notable capital campaign, CCA added a large new facility at the San Francisco site in 2024. CCA offers 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs. Though data on its graduates is limited, CCA shared that many of its graduates remain in California and work at organizations such as KQED Arts & Culture; SFMOMA; Pixar; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994