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 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - P = preliminary plans and W = working drawings. Governor Also Proposes Continuing All New Projects Funded Last Year. As Figure  3 shows, the Governor also proposes to continue funding for all 29 capital outlay projects initiated in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Figure 3 Governor ’s Budget Funds New and Continuing CCC Capital Outlay Projects Bond Funds (In Thousands) Advanced transportation and manufacturing building replacement P, W Career technical education building replacement P, W New Library Learning Resource Center P, W Library Learning Resource Center and student services center
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2021-22 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Feb 22, 2021 - According to the website “Law School Transparency, ” the average Hastings ’ graduate spends 24  p ercent of his or her first ‑year income to repay student debt, whereas the burden for UC law school graduates ranges between 13  p ercent and 21  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4383

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - Currently, CSU has more than 50, 000 p ermanent employees across 23 c ampuses and the Chancellor ’s Office. About 90  p ercent of these employees (primarily consisting of faculty and support staff) are represented, while the remaining 10  p ercent of employees (primarily consisting of managers and supervisors) are nonrepresented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

The 2019-20 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Apr 24, 2019 - The average discount rate for the fall 2015 c ohort was 42  p ercent, compared to 25  p ercent for the previous cohort. For the next two cohorts (fall 2016 and fall 2017), the average discount rate remained above 40  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4011

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - This equates to 16  p ercent of total estimated project costs —higher than the average of around 10  p ercent of projects costs. The Merced project ’s size and complexity may be a factor that is driving up costs for these initial phases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395

The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures

Dec 18, 2019 - This initiative aims to increase four ‑ and six ‑year graduation rates for freshmen to 40 p ercent and 70 p ercent, respectively, by 2025. (For comparison, CSU ’s four ‑year rate historically has been below 15 p ercent and its six ‑year rate below 50 p ercent.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4127

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - The other campaign targeted high school seniors (who may be about to enter college) through social media, p aid advertisements, and mail campaigns to school districts. From the three media campaigns, SIB learned that the targeted high school campaign had the most success as it led to a 63  percent increase in the number of accounts claimed by high school seniors from February 2024 to May 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - Of freshman students entering UC in fall 2011, 84  p ercent graduated within six years. This rate is 25  p ercentage points higher than at CSU and 36  p ercentage points higher than at CCC. The six ‑year rate at UC has increased slightly over the last two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946