Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Require CCC and CDCR to Report on Online Education Pilots. Online education has the potential to alleviate a number of challenges for prison education. Online education, for example, could help address a potential lack of classroom space within prisons; limited in ‑person faculty availability, particularly in STEM disciplines;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Final Year of Funding for California Education Learning Lab. The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Expand Basic and Secondary Education Capacity. The proposal includes eight teacher positions, which would allow CDCR to expand basic and secondary education capacity by 432 students, roughly doubling capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Such funds are allocated by the state to support trial court operations in counties that collect more property tax than state law allows them to spend on education. This reduction is the same as the revised 2023-24 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Because special education costs have far outpaced special education funding in recent years, most schools receiving funding under the Governor ’s proposal likely would use the funds to help them cover their existing special education costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - In November 2006, voters approved over $42  billion in bonds for the following major infrastructure-related purposes: transportation ( Proposition 1B ), housing ( Proposition 1C ), K-12 and higher education ( Proposition 1D ), flood control ( Proposition 1E ), and natural resources ( Proposition 84 ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - For example, it includes approximately $1.3  million and ten positions for the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education ’s Office of Student Assistance and Relief to handle additional workload associated with unexpected school closures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

Funding UC Faculty Research Facilities [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2004 - This will free up hundreds of millions of dollars of scarce state resources for other high priority projects in higher education or other program areas. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1190

Implementing the 2006 Bond Package: Increasing Effectiveness Through Legislative Oversight [Publication Details]

Jan 22, 2007 - Implementing the 2006 Bond Package: Increasing Effectiveness Through Legislative Oversight [Publication Details] Press Conf Description: In November 2006, California voters approved $42.7 billion in general obligation bonds to fund infrastructure projects in transportation, education, resources, and housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1537