Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - A first ‑come, first ‑served approach does not take into account whether a student already has a degree or has many years remaining on a sentence. Under this approach, students close to release who do not yet have a degree could be crowded out by students who already have a degree and/or have a significant amount of time left on their sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Universities Governor Proposes Discretionary Base Increases for the Universities. The Governor ’s budget includes various General Fund increases for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - New Bachelor ’s Degree Program. The administration has not provided data showing a demand for additional bachelor ’s degree program capacity systemwide. Accordingly, it is unclear whether adding a bachelor ’s degree program at SQRC would simply siphon some of the roughly 400 bachelor ’s degree students off of existing bachelor ’s
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Feb 10, 2016 - The state has long sought to provide residents an opportunity to earn a bachelor ’s degree through its two public university systems, UC and the California State University (CSU). Instructional costs, however, are higher at the public universities relative to the state ’s community colleges, particularly at UC due to its emphasis on research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Higher Education Provides Universities Large, Ongoing Augmentations Dedicated to Specific Purposes. The Governor ’s budget includes an increase of $ 540   m illion ongoing General Fund for the universities —$ 300   m illion (7. 6   p ercent) for CSU and $ 240   m illion (6. 9   p ercent) for UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - However, without a reporting mechanism, the Legislature lacks access to the information on which projects are ultimately undertaken. This information is important for the Legislature to have to assess what was accomplished with deferred maintenance funds and ensure that departments complete projects that are consistent with its directives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - This is important because the results of cost ‑benefit analyses can be highly dependent on the assumptions used since the benefits of ZNE projects —and to a lesser degree the costs —are likely to be generated over a period of many years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - Projects in three departments received nearly three-quarters of the capital outlay funds approved: Department of General Services (DGS) ($1.1  billion), California State University ($1  billion), and California Community Colleges ($539  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Figure 2 Percent of Bonds Sold as of November 1, 2016 (Dollars in Billions) Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act $19.9 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act 2.9 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act 10.4 Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act 4.0 a Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519