California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2019 - California's Education System: A 2019 Guide [Publication Details] California's Education System: A 2019 Guide Format: PDF Description: This report is a visual guide that covers every major area of California’s education system, with chapters on early education, K-12 education, adult precollegiate education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and education facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3924

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - Background on Guided Pathways Guided Pathways Represent a Comprehensive Approach to Improving Student Outcomes. The guided pathways model relies on work of the Community College Research Center at Columbia University based on 20 years of community college research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3559

Trends in Higher Education: Student Access

Jan 23, 2024 - Whereas this 2024 series focuses on higher education changes over time, California’s Education System: A 2019 Guide explains the inner workings of the state’s education system. Much of that guide remains relevant today and can assist those who are looking for more basic information on education policy and fiscal matters in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4828

California Community Colleges State Operations

Apr 11, 2018 - Funding for another five positions is tied to recently enacted initiatives (AB 19 fee waivers, guided pathways, and changes to remediation and placement). The remaining two positions are for accounting and human resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3806

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Having clear standards in evaluating projects can help guide the Legislature in identifying which projects have the strongest justification. The scoring system also places highest priority on life safety projects, with requirements in place to ensure that districts submit only immediate needs under this category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Improving Higher Education Oversight [Publication Details]

Jan 6, 2012 - This report includes both longer-term recommendations for creating a new state oversight structure as well as interim steps the Legislature could take to help guide the state’s postsecondary policy in the absence of a new agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2551

Improving Higher Education Oversight - Improving Higher Education Oversight [Video]

This report includes both longer-term recommendations for creating a new state oversight structure as well as interim step s the Legislature could take to help guide the state ’s postsecondary policy in the absence of a new agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=51

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Work ‑based learning also is an important component of CCC ’s Guided Pathways Program, which aims to develop structured, efficient academic course sequences for entering students. State law defines guided pathways to include “group projects, internships, and other applied learning experiences to enhance instruction and student success. ” In 2017 ‑18, the state provided CCC with $ 150  m illion one time for this initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Major University Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - In the absence of this information, funding levels for basic needs initiatives tend to reflect budget expediency (balancing available funding with the segments ’ requests), without a strong guiding policy rationale.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4336

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Higher Education Budget Proposals

Jan 26, 2022 - Compacts Historically Have Not Been Accurate Guide for the Future. We caution the Legislature against putting too much stake in the Governor ’s outyear commitments to the universities. Former governors rarely been able to sustain their compacts over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499