The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - As Figure 6 shows, more than one ‑third of UC campus employees in 2023 ‑24 served in academic positions, with the remainder serving in various nonacademic positions. Nonacademic positions include managers, program directors, and support staff serving in many areas, including maintenance, food services, student advising and counseling, human resources, budget, accounting, and information technology, among  others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Around 94  percent of local library funding comes from local governments and the remaining 6  percent comes from the state and federal governments. Cybersecurity In this section, we provide background on the State Library ’s existing cybersecurity tools and processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Over  the past ten years, the campus has grown from 6 to 17 doctoral program offerings. The campus also has some master ’s degree programs, though many of those programs are offered only to matriculated doctoral students (effectively allowing students to earn a master ’s degree while working toward their doctoral degree).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 Budget: California State University

Feb 15, 2024 - As Figure  6 shows, CSU ’s uncommitted core reserves have generally increased over the past five years, reaching 1.1 months of expenditures in 2022 ‑23. Nonetheless, the reserve level remains below the system ’s target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4842

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Figure  6 shows that success rates are consistently lower for students in correspondence courses. In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Of the 6,604  students,  UC estimates at least 1,700 (26  percent) remained enrolled after receiving assistance and at least 400 (6  percent) graduated. UC notes that the academic outcomes data available to basic needs staff varies by campus, which suggests these figures might be inconsistently reported and incomplete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - A total of 13,982 students graduated from a  pre ‑licensure  program in  2022 ‑ 23 —39  percent with an associate degree, 55  percent with a bachelor ’s degree, and 6  percent with a master ’s degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - Removing this item —which reduces General Fund spending —from the list of discretionary choices made in the Governor ’s budget increases our calculation of the surplus to $6 billion. The document is updated to reflect these changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - The budget also adds $6  million one-time federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding for this program to provide more scholarships for prospective special education teachers. In addition, trailer legislation makes several changes to the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. (The box below gives more information on how we use the term “surplus ” in the Overview of the Governor ’s Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135