The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Once SIB opens a CalKIDS account for a particular child, SIB sends a letter to each family ’s address notifying them of the account. SIB ’s staff also perform CalKIDS outreach activities to make stakeholders aware of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The Proposition  2 projects included in the Governor ’s budget were selected using the Chancellor ’s Office ’s new scoring system. We think parts of the new scoring system are reasonable. First, the scoring system reflects a consistent, transparent way of reviewing districts ’ project proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

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

Mar 10, 2025 - Despite the recent increases, CLSF ’s JD tuition charge remains lower than the average tuition charge of UC ’s four JD programs. While resident CLSF JD tuition was about 5  percent below the resident tuition levels of UC ’s JD programs from 2012 ‑13 through 2018 ‑19, it was 15  percent below in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - In 2022, the Chancellor ’s Office awarded the Rising Scholars Network funds through a competitive process that accounted for a college ’s readiness based on its current programs and services for currently or formerly incarcerated students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Cybersecurity In this section, we provide background on the State Library ’s existing cybersecurity tools and processes. We then describe the Governor ’s proposal to upgrade the State Library ’s cybersecurity tools, assess the proposal, and offer an associated recommendation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget includes $230,000 ongoing General Fund to provide CSAC with a CISO position. The request for this position is part of CSAC ’s ongoing work to protect student data and address cybersecurity risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - UC ’s Largest Operating Cost Is Employee Compensation. Like many other state agencies, the largest component of UC ’s budget is employee salaries and benefits (comprising 74  percent of its core expenditures in 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 6, 2025 - 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. The  largest component of all three segments ’ budgets is compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4957

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Governor ’s Budget Includes Some Smaller Proposals. The Governor ’s budget includes three categories of discretionary proposals. First, some proposals provide short ‑term budget savings that create more budget capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Nov 7, 2024 - As Figure  13 shows, UC Merced received just over 5  percent of UC ’s General Fund appropriation (excluding set ‑asides for specific programs and one ‑time allocations) in 2022 ‑23. Though having the smallest General Fund allocation, UC Merced ’s share of UC ’s General Fund appropriation has been increasing slightly over time, as Figure  14 shows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937