The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - The next most common route is for students to enroll at a two ‑year program at a community college culminating in an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). The third route is for students to enroll in a university program culminating in a Master ’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

The 2020-21 Budget: Fresno Integrated K-16 Education Collaborative

Mar 11, 2020 - An education pathway can be any route that takes a student from one level of education to another level and ultimately into the workforce. For example, one typical pathway is for a student to move from a health-focused high school academy into a community college program to become a licensed vocational nurse, then potentially onto a four-year university to complete upper-division coursework and become a registered nurse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4199

Evaluation of the California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Program

Mar 29, 2023 - “Fifth ‑Year ” Program Is State ’s Traditional Route to Becoming a Teacher. The most common pathway to becoming a credentialed teacher in California is for an individual to obtain a bachelor ’s degree, demonstrate basic proficiency (and sometimes subject matter competency), and then enter a one ‑year postbaccalaureate teacher preparation program at a CTC ‑accredited institution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4755

California Community Colleges—Managing Cash in a Time of State Payment Deferrals

Dec 18, 2020 - The state began using payment deferrals during the dot ‑com bust but relied much more heavily on them during the Great Recession. The practice of deferring college payments peaked in 2011 ‑12, when the state deferred a total of $ 961  m illion in CCC payments —accounting for nearly 30  p ercent of CCC Proposition  98 General Fund support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307