The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The new COLA rate increases the cost of providing COLA for the LCFF by $96  million. New COLA Affects Costs for Other School and Community College Programs. As the figure shows, the Governor ’s budget includes a COLA for several other school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - With the State Library ’s current CDT subscription, it can only take advantage of a small subset of the features SOCaaS provides. This proposal would upgrade the State Library ’s subscription so that it could take advantage of an upgraded suite of protective cybersecurity tools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2021-22 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 16, 2021 - Using its state appropriation, OEI fully subsidizes Canvas subscription costs on behalf of colleges. OEI also fully subsidizes technical (help desk) support for Canvas users and subscription costs for certain online tools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4372

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - The initiative also committed to cover all Canvas subscription and implementation costs through 2018 ‑19 (using the state appropriation), and a substantial portion of these costs thereafter. The proposed augmentation instead would permit the initiative to cover full ongoing subscription costs for all colleges indefinitely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3559

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Digital Library Subscription. The state provides $500,000 ongoing funding for digital library subscriptions for incarcerated students at all CDCR prisons. Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - CSAC cites cost increases for subscription services, information technology (IT), data centers, consulting services, facilities, and staff training and travel. These cost increases are primarily driven by higher prices due to inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures [Publication Details]

Dec 18, 2019 - The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4127

The 2020-21 Budget: Analyzing UC and CSU Cost Pressures

Dec 18, 2019 - Enrollment In this section, we discuss cost pressures relating to undergraduate and graduate enrollment. Enrollment Growth Can Increase Costs in Three Ways. Enrollment growth is another significant cost pressure for the universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4127

Trends in Higher Education: Facilities [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2025 - This is the final brief of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This brief focuses on higher education facilities. The brief includes key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5037

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The appropriation is intended to mitigate BPPE ’s structural deficit by allowing it to repay a recent special fund loan it received to cover litigation costs. We recommend rejecting the proposal, as the existing special fund loan addresses BPPE ’s near-term costs and shifting those costs to the General Fund would come at the expense of supporting other core state programs or building fiscal resiliency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169