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

Dec 18, 2020 - Combined, $1. 5  b illion in Proposition  98 funds intended for community colleges in 2020 ‑ 21 i s not scheduled to be paid until the first half of the next fiscal year. (Under the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget package, $ 791  m illion of the $1. 5  b illion was to be rescinded if the state received additional federal relief funding by October 15, 2020, but no such funding was received by that date.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

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

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The CCC Board of Governors adopted the current scoring system in September 2020. Scoring System Includes Three Project Categories. Under its current scoring system, the Chancellor ’s Office allocates available bond funding across three project categories: life safety, modernization, and growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  5 shows, the state has consistently provided a COLA for seven specific categorical programs in almost every year since 2019 ‑20. (In 2020 ‑21, the state did not provide a COLA for any CCC programs because it anticipated a significant budget shortfall due to the pandemic.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - In 2020‑21 and 2021‑22, the state applied certain supplemental payments towards CalPERS costs, which lowered rates to 29 percent. Since then, rates have generally stabilized around 32 percent. Spending Increases for Financial Aid Are Primarily Due to Tuition Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - The revised policy allows for tuition increases of up to 1 percentage point above inflation as long as the rate remains below the 5 percent cap. Beginning in 2027‑28, if the approved rate increase is less than the 5 percent cap, UC also may carry forward the unused portion and apply it in a future year (as long as the 5 percent cap is not exceeded each year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2020, Learning Lab entered into an agreement with the Foundation for California Community Colleges (the Foundation) for certain administrative services and staffing support. Currently, Learning Lab has five program staff employed by the Foundation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2025-26 Budget: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - As Figure  5 shows, the number of FTE employees at UC has generally been trending upward over time. The only staffing decline from 2014 ‑15 through 2023 ‑24 was a 5  percent decline in 2020 ‑21, as UC responded to the pandemic and associated fiscal reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2026-27 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 17, 2026 - As Figure  5 shows, the revamped program resulted in a sharp increase in the number of MCS recipients and the amount of spending. For the eight years in which the state implemented the original MCS program, the program gave awards to an average of about 56,000 recipients each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5127

The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - As Figure  4 shows, CLSF enrollment remained nearly flat from 2015 ‑16 through 2020 ‑21. CLSF then experienced two years of notable growth —with enrollment increasing 16  percent in 2021 ‑22, followed by 5.1  percent  in  2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875