The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - By the May Revision, the Legislature w ill have finalized data on the price index typically used to calculate the COLA rate. At that time, it will also have better information on state revenues, which will in turn affect the amount of funding available for ongoing Proposition  98 augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Annual increases are generally based on a three‑year rolling average of changes in the California Consumer Price Index, with a 5 percent cap. In November 2025, the Regents extended and revised the policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2022-23 Budget: Middle Class Scholarship Program

Mar 30, 2022 - At Full Implementation, Net Price Would Be Highest at CCC for Many Students. Figure  7 shows the net price at full MCS implementation for an illustrative low ‑income student living off campus. Although the MCS program would reduce the net price to about $8,000 if this student were to attend UC or CSU, their net price would remain
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4581

The 2025‑26 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 20, 2024 - This form of compensation is tied to the company ’s stock price, so it rises when stock prices rise. State Suspended the Proposition   98 Guarantee in 2023 ‑24. The June 2024 budget plan suspended the guarantee in 2023 ‑24 and approved $98.5   billion in funding for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4940

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2025 - For example, districts with outdated ERP systems could turn to the Foundation for California Community Colleges to negotiate better pricing through its shared procurement program. Alternatively, these districts could create a joint powers authority to pool their IT resources and expertise, leveraging their larger co mbined size to negotiate better prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5005

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

Apr 30, 2018 - Background Annual COLA Determined by Price Index for State and Local Governments. The state budget typically provides a COLA for certain school and community college programs. State law links this COLA to a national price index developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (a division of the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

The 2024-25 Budget: California Community Colleges

Feb 21, 2024 - Energy prices peaked in summer 2022 and have since fallen. Given energy prices are among the most volatile of all the factors contributing to the index, they can have an outsized effect on the COLA rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4853

CCC and UC: An Evaluation of Best Value Procurement Pilot Programs

Dec 21, 2017 - It also is an inferior approach, in that the effect of price on the final award desision is much harder to understand. For these reasons, we recommend that in granting BV authority, the Legislature have UC phase out CPQP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3726

The 2023-24 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 16, 2022 - Although most economic forecasters expect price inflation to moderate by the end of 2022 ‑23, evidence suggests there is a risk inflation could remain above the historical average for an extended period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4648

Final EdBudget Tables (2015)

Oct 19, 2015 - Create Alternative Pricing Models for Summer Session Three campuses are to create alternative pricing models for the summer session to provide an incentive for more students to enroll during that term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3299