The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - While loans issued under Control Section 14.00 typically must be repaid within two years, the 2025-26 Budget Act included provisional language extending the repayment period for any loans to the BPPE Fund until June 30, 2032.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - UC has more control than most state agencies, however, over its compensation costs, partly because most of its employees (nearly 80  percent) are not represented by a labor union. The  Board of Regents directly sets salaries and benefits for these employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW =
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/7

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - The State Library was subject to funding and staffing reductions pursuant to Control Section 4.05 and Control Section 4.12 of the 2024-25 Budget Act . Together, these control sections reduced the Library ’s state operations funding by $3.2  million and removed authority for ten permanent positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - This  is the same COLA rate the Governor proposes for the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) for school districts. Assessment Covering Higher Apportionments Costs in 2025 ‑26 Is Reasonable. Although the state is not required to increase current ‑year apportionments funding when costs come in higher than projected, providing such an increase is a reasonable way to help districts address their core operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program

Sep 27, 2016 - Retention Data for Air Members Not Participating in Award Program Had to Be Extrapolated. Unlike for Army members, the department does not track the number of Air members up for reenlistment each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3501

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Second, SIB provides a deposit of $500 to first graders who are low income (as defined under the Local Control Funding Formula). First graders qualify for an additional $500 deposit if they are foster youth and an additional $500 deposit if they are experiencing homelessness (for a maximum deposit of $1,500).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

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

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

Mar 10, 2025 - The existing 2025 ‑26 budget plan contains a $1.8  million base reduction for CLSF pursuant to Control Section 4.05 of the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act. Taken together, CLSF would see a net General Fund base increase of $507,000 (2.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

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

Nov 20, 2024 - Since 2013 ‑14, the Legislature has allocated most funding for schools through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). A school district ’s allotment depends on its size (as measured by average daily attendance) and the share of its students who are low income or English learners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940