The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The Bureau of Economic Analysis typically releases the data the state needs to finalize the COLA for the upcoming year in late April. Recent Data New Data Show Statutory COLA Is Higher Than January Estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - Figure 4 CSAC Uses Scoring Matrix to Allocate Competitive Awards Reflects Scoring Matrix Used Since 2018 ‑19 Component
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

Prisons vs. Universities Proposal Would Unwisely Lock Up Budget Flexibility [Publication Details]

Jan 26, 2010 - Prisons vs. Universities Proposal Would Unwisely Lock Up Budget Flexibility [Publication Details] Prisons vs. Universities Proposal Would Unwisely Lock Up Budget Flexibility Format: HTML Description: In his January budget, the Governor proposed a state constitutional amendment that would require reductions in spending on state corrections, with corresponding increases in spending for public universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2186

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - Finally, the scoring system requires districts to provide a local contribution for all categories of projects and creates incentives to provide more than the minimum local contribution for modernization and growth projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

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

Dec 21, 2017 - Preventing evaluators from changing their scores or throwing scores out. Preventing evaluators from seeking outside information about a bidder or bidder ’s proposal (an exception is contacting references provided by the bidder).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3726

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - Using this approach, CSAC could not finalize the percentage of award coverage until August when it received enrollment rosters from campuses. This issue made it challenging for campuses to inform students of their estimated MCS award amounts prior to the start of the academic year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - To draw from the top 33  p ercent, CSU has historically structured its admission policies to require high school students to ( 1)  c omplete a specified set of college ‑preparatory coursework and ( 2)  a ttain a certain mix of high school GPA and standardized aptitude test scores (historically SAT or ACT scores).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

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

Nov 20, 2024 - After accounting for the freed ‑up funding and the cost of providing a 2.46  percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for school and community college programs, we estimate that $2.8  billion would be available for new commitments (see figure below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940