The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Third, although the scoring system grants more points to projects with higher local contributions, half of the projects selected this year have relatively low local contributions (less than 35  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - To help mitigate this issue, in 2025 ‑26, rather than setting the appropriation for MCS and adjusting award coverage accordingly, the state locked in the percentage of award coverage that year at 35  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - It then repays these bonds with interest over a period of time (typically about 35 years) using non-Proposition  98 General Fund. Under the State Constitution, voters must approve general obligation bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - For 2025-26, the state has set award coverage for most students at 35  percent of their remaining cost of attendance (the same award coverage as in 2024-25). On a cash basis, the state will pay actual costs as they are incurred in 2025-26 using a no-interest General Fund loan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Specifically, the administration proposes to contain MCS costs by reducing award coverage from 35 percent in 2025‑26 to 17.5 percent thereafter. The administration estimates reducing award coverage would lower MCS costs by $541 million, resulting in a like amount of General Fund savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - 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. Cost Estimates Will Be Updated at May  Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - (In addition, the California Student Aid Commission budget includes $35  million in higher associated Cal Grant costs in 2024 ‑25. Many CSU students with financial need receive full tuition coverage under the Cal Grant program.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Education

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget includes provisional language requiring CSU to earmark at least $35  million of its base funding to increase the number of tenure-track faculty above the 2018 ‑19 level. Outside of CSU ’s main appropriation item, the budget provides $7  million ongoing to the Department of Social Services for contracts with external groups to provide legal services to undocumented and immigrant students and employees at CSU campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4096

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - Under CSU ’s spending plan for the Governor ’s proposed $227  million General Fund base increase (discussed in the “Core Operations ” section of this brief), $35  million would be used for enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671