The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025, BPPE incurred $10  million in costs associated with an employment lawsuit, consisting of a $4  million jury award to the plaintiff and $6  million in plaintiff ’s attorney fees. To cover these costs, DCA issued a $10  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 Less than 5 percentage points from target 6 5 to 10 percentage points from target 14 More than 10 percentage points from target 2 Disparities in Graduation Rates Across Campuses Remain Large.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - On the other hand, as Figure  6 shows, students with higher awards are likely to be from households with higher incomes. These students tend to receive less gift aid, resulting in larger MCS awards than students from lower ‑income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure  6 shows, UC core fund balances as a share of its annual core fund expenditures have been as low as 1.8  percent in 2008 ‑09 and as high as 23  percent in 2012 ‑13. UC reserves dropped notably at the onset of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - As  Figure  6 shows, this trend has since reversed. From  2015 ‑16 (the year before SWP began) to 2024 ‑25, CTE as a share of total enrollment increased from 27  percent to 31  percent. CTE Enrollment Increases Could Be Due to SWP or Other Factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - As Figure  6 shows, CSU ’s uncommitted core reserves have generally increased over the past five years, reaching 1.1 months of expenditures in 2022 ‑23. Nonetheless, the reserve level remains below the system ’s target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

The 2019-20 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Apr 24, 2019 - In 2017 ‑18, the school ran a $3. 9  m illion budget deficit, equating to 6. 3  p ercent of its total spending on operations and financial aid. Hastings has been using a portion of its reserves to cover these deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4011

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. (The box below gives more information on how we use the term “surplus ” in the Overview of the Governor ’s Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - As Figure 6 shows, more than one ‑third of UC campus employees in 2023 ‑24 served in academic positions, with the remainder serving in various nonacademic positions. Nonacademic positions include managers, program directors, and support staff serving in many areas, including maintenance, food services, student advising and counseling, human resources, budget, accounting, and information technology, among  others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2018-19 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

Feb 15, 2018 - Although Hastings would continue drawing down its reserve each year through 2020 ‑21, it projects having a reserve of $6. 2  m illion at the end of 2021 ‑22. Assessment and Recommendation Hastings ’ Core Budget on a Somewhat Better Path.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3750