The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2025, BPPE incurred $10  million in costs associated with an employment lawsuit, consisting of a $4  million jury award to the plaintiff and $6  million in plaintiff ’s attorney fees. To cover these costs, DCA issued a $10  million loan to the BPPE Fund from the Bureau of Automotive Repair ’s High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sets Planning Requirements. In California, WIOA is administered primarily by the California Workforce Development Board and 45 local workforce development boards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2025 - This report focuses on the Strong Workforce Program, which the state created to increase the availability and quality of career technical education at the California Community Colleges. We provide background on the program, assess its implementation and outcomes, and raise a few issues to consider relating to coordination of workforce development programs more broadly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5098

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: University of California Total $573 a The 2025 ‑26 Budget Act included a payment deferral from 2025 ‑26 to 2026 ‑27. The Governor ’s budget backfills for the one ‑time reduction related to that payment deferral. b The 2025 ‑26 Budget Act included intent language to provide UC with this augmentation. c Consists of $30 million for 2026 ‑27 and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Counter to last year ’s budget agreement, the Governor proposes $4  million ongoing General Fund in 2026-27 to retain Learning Lab. (This is $1.5  million less than Learning Lab received in 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - In federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 ‑20, students at California institutions are receiving an estimated $8.5  billion in federal loans, $4  billion in Pell Grants, $108  million in Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and $136  million in Federal Work-Study funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Largely consistent with intent language the state adopted in the 2025 ‑26  Budget  Act , the Governor ’s budget increases base General  Fund support for the universities by nearly $1   billion ongoing General Fund in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

Second Round of Higher Education Federal Relief Funds

Jan 20, 2021 - Like the CARES Act, the new relief act requires institutions to spend a portion of their base funds on student financial aid. Specifically, public and private nonprofit institutions are required to spend at least the same amount of base funds on student aid as they were required to spend on this purpose under the CARES Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4315

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - CSU ’s overall core budget also generally increased over this period, such that debt service as a share of total core funding hovered around 4  percent. Proposals Governor Proposes Base Increases for CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  4 shows, districts ’ unrestricted reserves have increased over the past several years. Whereas unrestricted reserves totaled $2  billion (23  percent of expenditures) in 2019 ‑20, they grew to $3.8  billion (34  percent of expenditures) in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150