The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - Most of this increase appears linked with special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock compensation. These increases, in turn, are linked with the recent run up in the stock market.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2023-24 Budget: Student Housing

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4733

Creating a Debt Free College Program

Jan 31, 2017 - Though our estimate of the initial cost of a new debt free college program is based upon the best available information regarding actual costs and participation (using 2015 ‑16 data for CCC and 2014 ‑15 data for CSU and UC), actual program costs over the longer term could turn out to be notably higher or lower than our initial estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3540

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

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The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2024-25 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 29, 2024 - CSAC has increased its cost estimates f or these awards to reflect newly available data on the share of recipients who transfer and their average award amounts upon transferring. Governor ’s Budget Reflects Further Spending Increases in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4865

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2017 - Given that the minimum guarantee generally builds upon the level of funding provided in the prior year, a decision to fund above the minimum guarantee in 2015 ‑16 could be magnified three ‑fold across the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3670

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Some colleges open up registration on a first ‑come, first ‑served basis. A first ‑come, first ‑served approach does not take into account whether a student already has a degree or has many years remaining on a sentence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089