The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - The platforms focus on many areas and offer several types of services and content. Coursera, for example, offers certificates in a variety of industries, including information technology, cybersecurity, and marketing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Other categorical programs fund specific types of CTE programs, including apprenticeships (prog rams that combine paid on ‑the ‑job training with related classroom instruction), noncredit programs, online programs, and nursing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Digital Library Subscription. The state provides $500,000 ongoing funding for digital library subscriptions for incarcerated students at all CDCR prisons. Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program

Dec 19, 2017 - Early Job Offers. Finally, numerous employers and students noted that students in the new CCC programs had secured job commitments up to a year ahead of graduating, often after completing a summer internship related to their degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3722

The 2018-19 Budget: California State Library

Apr 13, 2018 - Connecting multiple libraries ’ digital catalogues allows patrons that live within the boundaries of one library system to view the catalogues of other library systems. The patron can then order the book online from the other library systems (possibly accessing the books either in digital or physical format).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3810

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - OER are digital instructional materials that educators can develop, share, repurpose, and make available to their students. OER can be used for in ‑person classes as well as hybrid and fully online courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - Grants are available on a one-time basis for up to three months to families where a lack of subsidized child care would result in a family losing their job, job opportunity, or other earned income. To participate, families must have incomes at or below 85 percent of the state median income (currently $65,604 for a family of three).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

The 2016-17 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Zero-Textbook-Cost Proposal

Mar 14, 2016 - Figure 2 Recent OER Initiatives in California California OER Council Chapter  621 of 2012 (SB 1052, Steinberg) established the council to develop or acquire high –quality , affordable, digital open source textbooks for 50 high –enrollment , lower –division courses that are common across the three segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3392

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - One  notable new objective is ensuring all students are able to graduate with a first career job or pathway to graduate education. The figure below compares the metrics that CSU used under GI 2025 with the broader set of metrics under the new initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Improving Workforce Education and Training Data in California

Aug 18, 2016 - Services include job search assistance, career assessment, career counseling, on –the –job training, and adult education and training. Funds also support education and job programs, including YouthBuild and Job Corps, for youth ages 16 –24 who are not in school or employed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3494