The 2010-11 Budget: Higher Education [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2010 - For higher education, we recommend providing new funding for community colleges through a $14 per unit fee increase; reducing the proposed augmentations for the state’s universities while still restoring their per-student funding rates to 2007-08 levels; and rejecting the Governor's proposed cuts to financial aid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2209

Update on Community College Reserves

Jan 27, 2021 - Unrestricted reserves as a share of annual unrestricted expenditures also have been trending upwards —from less than 15  percent in 2006 ‑07, 2007 ‑08, and 2008 ‑09 to more than 20  percent every year since 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4323

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - In 2007 ‑08, the state provided a total of $754  million (Proposition  98 General Fund) to school districts (and a few county offices of education) for their adult education programs. Beginning in 2008 ‑09, the state reduced funding for school districts due to declining revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652

Evaluation of CSU's Doctor of Nursing Practice Pilot Program

Jan 5, 2017 - As we discussed in Ensuring an Adequate Nursing Workforce: Improving State Nursing Programs (May 2007), beginning in the late 1990s, the state experienced a mismatch between employer demand for RNs providing direct patient care and the size of the RN workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3521

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - At the same time, these campuses have enrolled more nonresident undergraduate students, increasing the nonresident share of their undergraduate enrollment from under 10  percent in fall 2007 to about 25  percent in fall 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - For example, the 2007 ‑ 08 b udget set an enrollment target for the 2007 ‑08 academic year. This traditional approach does not align well with the timing of UC admission decisions. UC makes most admission decisions for the coming academic year in early spring, prior to enactment of the state budget in June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - Between 2007 ‑08 and 2011 ‑12, systemwide charges for undergraduate resident students increased from $6,636 to $12,192 (84  percent) at UC and from $2,772 to $5,472 (97  percent) at CSU. The original MCS program (administered by CSAC) was enacted to help middle ‑income UC and CSU students not receiving tuition coverage through the Cal Grant program receive partial tuition coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2016-17 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 26, 2016 - State Has Provided More Than $20  Million Annually for Basic Skills Initiative Since 2007 –08 . The purpose of this categorical program is to improve the effectiveness of CCC basic skills instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3372

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - Figure 3 State Library Digitization Proposal Has Many Components (In Thousands) Digitize video media over five years — Procure new software and equipment — Scan future acquisitions (two positions) $200 Contract with vendor to digitize fragile assets 125 Contract with vendor to digitize 20 percent of catalog over five years — Contract with vendor to catalog pre ‑2007
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549

Interim Evaluation of Community College Basic Skills Transformation Grants

Dec 5, 2019 - From 2007 ‑ 08 t hrough 2017 ‑18, the state provided funding through the Basic Skills Initiative. Districts could use the funds from this program for counseling and tutoring students enrolled in basic skills courses, as well as designing curriculum and training the faculty teaching these courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4120