The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027. Assuming no project delays emerge this spring, we have no concerns with the proposed funding for these continuing projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Addressing Capital Renewal at UC and CSU

Jan 5, 2023 - When campuses do not address capital renewal as the need emerges, they accumulate a backlog of deferred maintenance  projects. Facilities Also Require Routine Maintenance. Whereas capital renewal refers to the periodic replacement of key building components, routine maintenance refers to activities that tend to occur on a more regular basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4657

Second Round of Higher Education Federal Relief Funds

Jan 20, 2021 - The legislation does not specify how these needs are to be measured, but it indicates that eligible institutions may include those enrolling many graduate students (who are ineligible for Pell Grants and thus receive low weighting in the base allocation formula) and institutions that do not otherwise receive an allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4315

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - Excludes any semester that students do not complete due to the outbreak from the maximum length of time they may receive Pell Grants and federal student loans. Excludes any course credits that students do not complete due to the outbreak from calculations of satisfactory academic progress (which students must maintain to stay eligible for federal financial aid).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

Update on Student Housing Assistance

May 7, 2024 - Whereas CSU ’s rapid rehousing reports include academic and housing outcomes of students participating in that program, CSU ’s basic needs reports do not contain comparable data. Program administrators indicate efforts are underway to develop a standard approach across campuses for better tracking student participation in basic needs services and evaluating the impact of those services on student outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4898

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major CCC Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Districts Currently Protected by Emergency Conditions Allowance Could Lose Enrollment Funding. Were the Board of Governors not to extend the emergency conditions allowance in 2022 ‑23, districts that do not grow back to pre ‑pandemic enrollment levels in 2022 ‑23 would generate less enrollment funding in 2023 ‑24 than they are currently receiving.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4531

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 22, 2023 - Pandemic ‑Related Emergency Conditions Allowance Set to End. In late spring 2022, the Chancellor ’s Office notified districts that 2022 ‑23 will be the final year of the pandemic ‑related emergency conditions allowance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4695

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

Feb 1, 2021 - When campuses do not set aside enough funding from their support budgets to maintain their facilities or when they defer projects, they begin accumulating backlogs. These backlogs can build up over time, especially during recess ions when campuses sometimes defer maintenance projects as a way to help them cope with state funding reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4336

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - Since 2015, state law has also authorized CCC to offer bachelor ’s degrees if those programs do not duplicate programs offered by the California State University or the University of California. CCC has since launched bachelor ’s degrees in fields such as dental hygiene, emergency management, and biomanufacturing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098