CCC and UC: An Evaluation of Best Value Procurement Pilot Programs

Dec 21, 2017 - For example, it appears that winning bidders scored higher than other bidders on quality (such as account management, reporting, and warranty), technical capabilities (such as innovative solutions and design), and previous experience.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3726

The 2016-17 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 26, 2016 - The administration has indicated that the award amounts are intended as incentives for innovation and may have no relation to the costs of implementing a winning initiative. As an example, the award for creating online general education courses likely involves redesigning a dozen or fewer courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3372

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - The winning applications were for strategies that included improving K ‑12 alignment to higher education standards and expectations, redesigning curriculum and teaching practices to improve outcomes, and using technology to expand access to courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3559

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model

Dec 13, 2022 - Given that students do incur costs to attend school —including transportation, child care, and the opportunity cost of not being able to work while they attend classes —we believe adult learners already have sufficient “skin in the game. ” Though some adult schools would lose fee revenue under this recommendation, the new uniform base rate per student described above would be designed to fully cover providers ’ expected program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4652