Prisons vs. Universities Proposal Would Unwisely Lock Up Budget Flexibility [Publication Details]

Jan 26, 2010 - Prisons vs. Universities Proposal Would Unwisely Lock Up Budget Flexibility [Publication Details] Prisons vs. Universities Proposal Would Unwisely Lock Up Budget Flexibility Format: HTML Description: In his January budget, the Governor proposed a state constitutional amendment that would require reductions in spending on state corrections, with corresponding increases in spending for public universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2186

Creating a Debt Free College Program

Jan 31, 2017 - Setting a Higher Minimum Unit Requirement Would Encourage Faster Completion . . . Setting a minimum unit requirement higher than six units would encourage students to enroll in more units to maintain their financial aid eligibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3540

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Some Students Already Have Earned Many CCC Units and a College Degree. To earn an associate degree, students generally need to complete 60 units of coursework. While most incarcerated students at CDCR taking CCC coursework have accumulated fewer than 60  units, some students have accumulated notably more units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - The state board, the local boards, and 15 re gional planning units comprised of local boards are each required once every four years to develop an overarching strategic plan for preparing a skilled workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

A Review of the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program

Sep 27, 2016 - Notable Variation in Number of Units Taken. In 2014 –15 , 40  percent of award payments were made for terms in which participants enrolled in 12 or more units, 38  percent for participants enrolled between 6 and 12 units, and 22  percent for participants enrolled between three and six units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3501

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Review Units Required for Majors UC has agreed to reduce the number of units required for a major to no more than 45 upper-division units “wherever possible ” in 75 percent of majors at each campus (except the Los Angeles campus because it already has undertaken such a review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299

The 2023-24 Budget: University of California

Feb 15, 2023 - Under the ADT process, students complete 60 units of lower ‑division, major ‑specific coursework at community colleges, then transfer and complete 60 units of upper ‑division coursework at a CSU campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4684

The 2010-11 Budget: Higher Education [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2010 - For higher education, we recommend providing new funding for community colleges through a $14 per unit fee increase; reducing the proposed augmentations for the state’s universities while still restoring their per-student funding rates to 2007-08 levels; and rejecting the Governor's proposed cuts to financial aid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2209

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - State law currently sets the CCC enrollment fee at $46 per unit (or $1,380 for a full ‑time student taking 30  semester units per year). The Governor proposes no increase in the fee, which has remained flat since summer 2012.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

Mar 9, 2023 - No housing units receiving Higher Education Student Housing Grant funds have yet been completed. The program, however, is intended to reduce housing charges from what they otherwise would have been for those students eventually offered one of the newly constructed housing units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733