The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The most recent of these bonds, Proposition  51, provided $2  billion for community college facilities. The vast majority of Proposition  51 funding has already been committed to specific projects, with the Chancellor ’s Office estimating that approximately $80  million remains available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - Chapter  51 makes notable eligibility changes to State Preschool. First, Chapter  51 allows State Preschool providers to enroll children from non-working families in the full-day program after all interested and eligible children from working families have been enrolled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s higher education budget proposals. Similar to last year, these proposals are wide ranging—including large base increases; targeted increases for apprenticeship programs and food pantries; one-time initiatives relating to extended education programs, work-based learning, faculty diversity, and animal shelters; and many facility projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 16, 2020 - The budget also provides $195 million in Proposition 51 bond funds for the construction phase of 15 projects initially approved in 2019‑20. Finally, the budget reappropriates $232 million in 2019‑20 Proposition 51 funds for the working drawings or construction phases of 22 projects that have experienced delays as well as extends the liquidation period for one project initially funded in 2015‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4284

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Chapter   51 i dentified a total of 17 r epresentatives from 15  specified state entities to be in the work group. The director of OPR was charged with contracting with an outside “planning facilitator ” to support the group.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Of the 342 students who enrolled in the rapid rehousing program across the first two years of implementation, CSU reports that 173 students (51  percent) moved into permanent housing. CSU indicates it considers students to have moved into permanent housing once they are paying for their own housing independently from the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program

Sep 27, 2016 - Since the program ’s inception, 51  percent of participants have served in the California Army National Guard, 45  percent in the California Air National Guard, and 4  percent in the State Military Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3501

The 2023-24 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Jan 31, 2023 - For example, with the same total ongoing funding increase that the Governor proposes for CSU ($227  million), the Legislature could fund a 3  percent increase in CSU ’s employee compensation pool ($157  million), certain health benefit increases ($51  million), and some capital renewal projects ($20  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4664

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - General Fund Condition Excluding Policy Choices, Revenues Higher by $51  Billion Compared to Governor ’s Budget. Reflecting very strong cash collections in recent months, the May Revision adjusts 2020 ‑21 revenues (and transfers) up by $26.8  billion to $182  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Final Evaluation of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Pilot

Jan 24, 2020 - In the survey conducted by the pilot community colleges, 51  p ercent of respondents stated they would not have pursued a bachelor ’s degree if their community college program had not been offered. Programs Have Several Other Academic Benefits for Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4140