The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The new rate is above the COLA for the past few years (1.02  percent in 2015 ‑16, 0.0  percent in 2016 ‑17, and 1.56  percent in 2017 ‑18) but closely tracks the 20-year historical average of 2.7  percent per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - It also reflects a 2.7 percent projected increase in average award amounts, primarily due to tuition increases. Under CSAC’s estimates, $43 million of the Cal Grant spending increase in 2024‑25 is attributable to UC tuition increases and an additional $35 million is attributable to CSU tuition increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - In 2017 ‑18, UC raised it resident undergraduate and graduate academic charges by 2.7  percent. In a few other years, UC also assessed small increases to its Student Services Fee. In contrast to tuition charges, state support generally was rising over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2022-23 Budget: UC Climate-Related Proposals

Feb 16, 2022 - State Supported $2.7   Billion in Additional Limited ‑Term Workforce Initiatives in 2021 ‑22. As our 2021 ‑22 EdBudget table shows, the state created or augmented funding for 24 workforce development initiatives last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4538

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2021 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $2.5  billion (2.7  percent) in 2020 ‑21 and $5.3  billion (5.7  percent) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Of these students, 418 (2.7  percent) had already earned 100 or more CCC units. Just over 100 of these students had already accumulated 150 or more units. Furthermore, of the 15,500  incarcerated CCC students enrolled in 2022 ‑23, 905 (5.8  percent) already had earned an associate degree in a prior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - The state also is providing stude nts attending public and private higher education institutions with a total of $2.7  billion in direct financial aid. Cal Grants —the state ’s largest student financial aid program —covers full tuition costs at the public segments for eligible undergraduate students, as well as provides the lowest-income undergraduates with some coverage for living costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - This report presents our office’s initial assessment of the Governor’s Budget. The budget’s position continues to be positive. With $20.6 billion in discretionary resources available, the Governor’s budget proposal reflects a budget situation that is even better than the one our office estimated in the November Fiscal Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916