The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. c Center operated by Sequoias Community College District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Riverside and UC San Diego, however, each added nearly as many students over the same period, growing by about 7,300 and 7,100 resident undergraduate students, respectively. Adding Capacity at UC Merced Has Been Relatively Costly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2023-24 Budget: California State University

Feb 7, 2023 - This plan is intended to incentivize all campuses to grow, while potentially also adding capacity at the highest ‑demand campuses. Assessment 2022 ‑23 Enrollment Growth Funds Are Not Serving Intended Purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4671

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - For Cal Grant recipients (who already have their tuition, and, in some cases, a portion of their nontuition costs covered), MCS provides ad ditional aid for nontuition costs. Though less notable given relative magnitude, the revamped program also expanded eligibility to CCC students in bachelor ’s degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - Effects on Segments Regular Cost Pressures Are Adding to Segments ’ Fiscal Challenges. CSU ’s and UC ’s fiscal issues are being made more challenging because they, like community colleges, continue to  face all of their typical cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - Upon launching, the program is expected to enroll approximately 450,000 newborns annually. 2021 ‑22 Budget Added Low ‑Income Public School Students to Program. The 2021 ‑22 budget also added a new component to the CalKIDS program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

The 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - Governor ’s Incremental Approach to Adding Data Sources Has Merit. We believe the Governor ’s proposed order of onboarding the segments and other data contributors generally is reasonable. Recognizing that all IT projects entail risks, first connecting K ‑12 data with data from the state ’s three public higher education segments, as proposed by the Governor, likely would be the most straightforward technical process, with considerable added value.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

A Review of State Budgetary Practices for UC and CSU [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2014 - Despite these changes to the traditional budgetary approach, one aspect that has not changed in recent years is the state's ad-hoc approach to student tuition. We recommend the Legislature return to using its traditional approach to funding the universities but make some refinements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2913

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Committee Recommended Adding First ‑Generation College Status to Formula. In  December 2019, the committee recommended that counts of first ‑generation college students be added to the supplemental allocation as well as the student success allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531