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

Dec 18, 2019 - As Figure 8 shows, UC ’s and CSU ’s overall student ‑to ‑faculty ratio has increased slightly since 2003 ‑ 04 —both rising from 21 t o 22. At CSU, the mix of faculty has also changed over the years, with the system relying less on tenured/tenure ‑track faculty and more on lecturers to deliver instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4127

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - (In addition, the California Student Aid Commission budget includes $53 million ongoing General Fund to pay for higher associated Cal Grant costs for CSU students in 2026‑27. Many CSU students with financial need receive full tuition coverage under the Cal Grant program.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

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

Dec 18, 2020 - Specifically, the state is scheduled not to make certain payments to the community colleges from February 2021 t hrough June 2021, with payments instead being provided over the July 2021 t hrough November 2021 p eriod.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4307

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Consistent with that report, BPPE is now seeking legislative approval for fee increases as part of its sunset review t his spring. Most notably, under BPPE ’s proposal, the annual fee would increase to 0.75  percent of each campus ’s total revenue from California students, with a minimum fee of $4,000 and a maximum fee of $80,000 per campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The total cost across all project phases is $748  million, with the state covering $399  million (53  percent) and districts covering $348  million (47  percent). Figure 2 Governor ’s Budget Funds New CCC Capital Outlay Projects Proposition 2 Bond Funds (In Thousands) College $399,428 $747,686 a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Additionally,  the budget more than triples ongoing Proposition  98 funding for Calbright College (raising support from $15  million to $53  million). Calbright College is a fully online college the state established in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2021-22 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 8, 2021 - For example, in the 2020 ‑21 award year, a dependent student from a family of four must have an annual household income of under $106, 500 t o qualify for Cal Grant A or C, and under $56, 000 t o qualify for Cal G rant B.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4355

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - Home prices ticked up from 7 p ercent in 2016 t o 8 p ercent in 2017 and have grown at a 9 p ercent annual rate thus far in 2018. In addition, residential building permits increased from 101, 000 i n 2016 t o 113, 000 i n 2017 and are on pace to be above 2017 l evels thus far in 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2021-22 Budget: UC Programs in Medical Education

Feb 26, 2021 - According to UC, 72  p ercent of practicing physicians from the UC Irvine program practice in county health facilities or federal qualified health centers, 66  p ercent work in practices that serve primarily low ‑income patients, and 53  p ercent work in practices where a majority of patients are Latino.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4389

The 2019-20 Budget: California State Library Local Assistance Proposals

Apr 25, 2019 - This data request had two main purposes: ( 1)  t o confirm that the program has spent all of its previous state appropriations, and ( 2)  t o gauge whether the administration ’s spending projections for 2019 ‑20 (60, 000 b ook purchases at an average cost of $1 5) a re reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4012