Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Online pilots Given the generally poor outcomes of correspondence courses, some community colleges and CDCR are working together to pilot new online instructional models. Require CCC and CDCR to report on pilot outcomes, including course success rates compared with in ‑person and correspondence courses and impact on faculty recruitment to teach high ‑demand courses in prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 10, 2016 - The goal of these changes is to expand access for resident students while reducing the need for significant state enrollment funding or new facility space. Some of these changes, such as counting more college preparatory work as college credit and reducing the required units for certain degrees, could reduce the need for some students to take certain courses, thereby freeing up space for other students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR currently has bachelor ’s degree programs at 10 other prisons with a total of about 400 students. Establish Electrical and Barbering/Manicurist Training Programs. The proposal includes two positions and funding for start ‑up costs to establish two new career technical education (CTE) programs —serving a total of 54 new students —in the space that will be vacated by existing rehabilitative programs that are relocated to the new learning center.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - For example, some departments have included projects as deferred maintenance that are not traditionally considered as such —for example, energy and water efficiency upgrades and code compliance work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The administration, however, expects each segment to focus on college affordability, access, timely degree completion, and the narrowing of student achievement gaps. The administration, however, is silent on the specific issue of whether the segments are to increase student tuition levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

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The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The budget provides a total of $ 577  m illion ($ 390  m illion ongoing and $ 187  m illion one time) to districts based on their unduplicated counts of low ‑income students, English learners, and students with disabilities they serve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Moreover, the administration has not identified a long-term plan for working through the rest of the deferred maintenance backlog. LAO Alternative Approach Set Funding Aside for Future Appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841