California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details] California's Education System: A 2019 Guide Format: PDF Description: This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - Since the start of GI 2025, the equity gap by race/ethnicity has grown from 13 to 16  percentage points for the four ‑year graduation rate and from 13 to 15  percentage points for the six ‑year rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

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: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - As Figure   4 shows, the General Fund share of UC ’s total core funding has increased from 37   percent in 2011 ‑12 to 43   percent in 2025 ‑26. As the state share has increased, the tuition share had decreased —falling from 57   percent in 2011 ‑12 to 52   percent in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - First, the Governor ’s budget includes an ongoing General Fund base augmentation of $2.2  million (12  percent) to “support College of the Law costs ” in 2023 ‑24. Second, the Governor ’s budget includes $3  million one ‑time General Fund for the campus ’ Urban Alchemy program, with the funds available for expenditure over the next three years  (through 2025 ‑26).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As we discuss in The 2026‑27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K‑12 Spending Plan , the Governor’s budget appropriates $5.6 billion less for schools and community colleges in 2025‑26 than the estimated minimum guarantee in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Amount excludes $164 million ongoing for the K ‑12 Strong Workforce Program. c Amount excludes $62 million ongoing for apprenticeships affiliated with K ‑12 local education agencies. d Amount assumes 12 percent of program funding goes to CCC based on historical trends, and CCC in turn spends 20 percent of those funds on CTE courses based on the approximate share of noncredit instruction that is classified as CTE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Most notably, in 2021-22, DCA issued a $12  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund. (Control Section 14.00 of the annual budget act authorizes DCA to issue loans between the special funds it oversees.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Since 2000, CLSF enrollment peaked in 2009 at 1,336 full ‑time equivalent (FTE) students, then fell notably from 2011 ‑12 to 2015 ‑16, before leveling off for a few years. CLSF experienced two years of notable growth in 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑ 23 —growing by a combined 22  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Whereas the campus employed approximately 1,120 FTE staff in 2011 ‑12, it employed nearly double that number in 2022 ‑23 (approximately 2,200 FTE staff). Composition of Faculty Differs From UC System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937