The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code allows states to administer college savings accounts that provide certain tax advantages. SIB launched California ’s 529 program, known as Scholarshare 529, in 1999.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The law library offers a range of resources, including primary and secondary materials on American law, federal and state appellate court decisions, session laws, codes and statutes, federal agency rulings, and attorney general opinions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

Assessing UC and CSU Enrollment and Capacity

Jan 19, 2017 - (B) A report relating to UC shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2018. (2) The Legislative Analyst ’s Office shall submit the reports required by this section in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3532/1

The 2021-22 Budget: University Capital Outlay

Mar 5, 2021 - The projects would address building systems deficiencies, energy efficiency, and code compliance, among other issues. CSU would select the projects from a list totaling $1. 2  b illion in infrastructure improvements that it has submitted to the administration and Legislature for review.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4395

The 2019-20 May Revision: K-12 Cal Grant Mandate

May 28, 2019 - This post fulfills a requirement for our office to analyze new mandates, as specified in Section 17562 of the Government Code. Background Cal Grant Program Provides Financial Aid to Students Meeting Certain Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4052

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

May 17, 2021 - (To define capital outlay, due to the importance of the SAL in state budgeting this year, we use the more expansive definition found in Government Code 7914, rather than the traditional budgetary definition.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

An Evaluation of CSU's Cross-Campus Online Education Program

Jan 3, 2018 - Since students likely do not know the various course codes across the CSU system, the only way for them to identify all political science courses in one place appears to be to scroll manually through dozens of pages on the site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3725

The 2021-22 Budget: “Cradle to Career” Data System

Mar 26, 2021 - Most projects also contract with independent verification and validation service provid ers to monitor the technical implementation of the project, including code reviews and system testing. The figure on the next page shows the development of the PAL phases through project oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4409

Review of Recent Changes to The Cal Grant C Program

Jun 22, 2015 - These awards are administered by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), which has the authority to grant awards based on the criteria listed in the relevant sections of the state Education Code, as well as other criteria deemed appropriate by CSAC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3274

Improving Workforce Education and Training Data in California

Aug 18, 2016 - The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the California Information Practices Act, portions of the California Education Code, and several other federal and state laws govern the privacy and confidentiality of student records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3494