The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In total, the Governor ’s budget assumes that state operations costs are reduced by $2.1  billion ($1  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2.6  billion ($1.4  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The proposed trailer bill language retroactively reestablishes the special fund as of January 1, 2025, so there would be no lap se in deposits. (The state has continued to collect civil appellate filing fees.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - As Figure  1 shows, the old scoring system used six funding categories reflecting the purpose of the project (life safety, modernization, or growth) and the type of space (instructional, institutional support, or other).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Each test takes into account certain inputs, including General Fund revenue, per capita personal income, and student attendance ( Figure  1 ). Whereas Test 2 and Test  3 build upon the amount of funding provided the previous year, Test 1 links school funding to a minimum share of General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Additionally, the 2021-22 Budget Act temporarily expanded the program, with SIB providing CalKIDS deposits to all low-income students enrolled in grades 1 through 12 in that year. SIB Has Four Positions Dedicated to the CalKIDS Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Figure  1 shows CLSF enrollment over the past 25 years. Since 2000, CLSF enrollment peaked in 2009 at 1,336 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) students, then fell notably from 2011 ‑12 to 2015 ‑16, before leveling off for a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, UC had 1 FTE employee for every 2.1 FTE students. UC Workforce Consists of a Mix of Academic and Nonacademic Positions. As Figure 6 shows, more than one ‑third of UC campus employees in 2023 ‑24 served in academic positions, with the remainder serving in various nonacademic positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - In total, CSAC received a $245,000 ongoing General Fund reduction in 2024 ‑ 25 —about 1  percent of its annual operating budget. As part of this reduction, the administration swept a portion of one position (0.7 position).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

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

Nov 7, 2024 - The student ‑to ‑faculty ratio at UC Merced (19:1) exceeded that of the UC system (15:1) over this period. Among other employee groups, the greatest difference was for academic support staff (nonfaculty, nonstudent staff).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937