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 2019-20 Budget: Creating an Integrated Education Data System

May 6, 2019 - A federated system requires the segments to perform a data match every time a query is made —requiring them to respond to every individual data request. With a data warehouse, once the data are uploaded and matched, the data are available for staff to respond to any number of queries simultaneously.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4026

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - After accounting for workforce growth, salary growth largely matched inflation, with little to no growth in inflation ‑adjusted wages for core ‑funded employees over the past decade. Rising Pension Costs Are Due to Both Workforce Expansion and Rate Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

California Community Colleges: Second Progress Report on the Student Success Act of 2012

Sep 22, 2016 - Now that more students are completing education plans, colleges have an opportunity to better match course offerings with these plans. Yet, most colleges continue to schedule courses using past course enrollment data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3500

Improving Workforce Education and Training Data in California

Aug 18, 2016 - The task force ’s work should include the development of detailed data definitions, reporting schedules, and other specifications needed to ensure that agencies collect and report data to state and federal authorities in a consistent and efficient way.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3494

The 2024-25 Budget: California State Library

Mar 13, 2024 - The program has a local matching requirement, with grant recipients generall y required to contribute half of the funding for a project. The State Library, however, may reduce the local match if a local library demonstrates it has insufficient financial resources to meet the full matching requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4882

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Retiring the payment deferral would return CSU’s state payments to their regular schedule, eliminate the associated debt obligation, and reduce state budgetary pressures in the out‑years. Recommend Removing Out ‑Year Commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027. Assuming no project delays emerge this spring, we have no concerns with the proposed funding for these continuing projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the May Revision Education Proposals

May 15, 2019 - As a rough rule of thumb, we think a $2 nonstate match for every $1 of General Fund would be reasonable. That is, UC would match the Governor ’s proposed $25 million one-time General Fund with $50 million one-time nonstate funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4048

The 2021-22 Budget: California Institutes for Science and Innovation

Mar 2, 2021 - State law requires UC to match two dollars from external and nonstate sources for each dollar of state funding appropriated to the institutes. Proposal Proposes One ‑Time Funding for Education ‑Industry Partnerships.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4394